place

Turkish Air Force Academy

1951 establishments in TurkeyMilitary units and formations established in 1851Turkish Air Force Academy

The Turkish Air Force Academy (TuAFA) (Turkish: Hava Harp Okulu) is a four-year co-educational military academy located in the city of Istanbul, Turkey. It is part of the National Defence University. It is the main human resource for the Turkish Air Force Command. It was founded in 1951, replacing the Army Flight School, with the mandate to train the officers of the Turkish Air Force. The academy provides an engineering education to Air Force cadets from Turkey as well as a number of other countries, and prepares them for careers in their respective Air Forces. TuAFA is recognized by the Turkish Council of Higher Education, as a university accredited to grant engineering degrees. It should not be confused with the Air War College (Hava Harp Enstitüsü). Since 1992, the academy has accepted female cadets and allied countries' cadets for enrolment. Accepting cadets not only from Turkey but from all over the world makes this college unique. The aim of the academy is to produce officers who have: The qualities required in a soldier Commandership, management and leadership skills Military and general knowledge Morally and mentally developed personality Physical competence required for conditions of aviationWith its core values, the college seeks to develop officer candidates' integrity, bravery and honour.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Turkish Air Force Academy (License: CC BY-SA 3.0, Authors).

Turkish Air Force Academy
Yeşilyurt İstasyon Caddesi,

Geographical coordinates (GPS) Address Nearby Places
placeShow on map

Wikipedia: Turkish Air Force AcademyContinue reading on Wikipedia

Geographical coordinates (GPS)

Latitude Longitude
N 40.96822 ° E 28.84042 °
placeShow on map

Address

Hava Harp Okulu

Yeşilyurt İstasyon Caddesi
34149
Turkey
mapOpen on Google Maps

Share experience

Nearby Places

Ataköy, Bakırköy
Ataköy, Bakırköy

Ataköy is a quarter of Bakırköy district in Istanbul Province, Turkey. It was developed as one of the first examples of satellite-city projects in Turkey. Ataköy is located in Bakırköy district on the European side of Istanbul. It is adjacent to Bahçelievler district and Şirinevler neighborhood. The area in the then outskirt of Istanbul City, which Ataköy today covers, belonged to the Turkish military, and was called Baruthane (literally: gunpowder magazine). In the 1950s, the government of Prime Minister Adnan Menderes (in office (1950–1960) transferred the property to the state-owned realty business bank Emlak Bank for envelopment as a satellite city of affordable housing for middle income households. In 1956, the project started with the construction of a beach site. The residence area was named "Ataköy" (literally "Atatürkville"). The project included 12,000 apartments, three hotels, beach, clubs, shopping malls, cultural center and sports facilities.Ataköy quarter consists of four neighborhoods with eleven sections of apartment blocks. The quarter is a peaceful residential area with wide green zones. The neighborhoods in the quarter are the Ataköy 1st Section, the 2nd-5th-6th Section, the 3rd-4th-11th Section and the 7th-8th-9th-10th Section. The 9th and 10th Sections were developed in 1986, and the 7th and 8th Sections were completed in 1990. In the recent years, some construction companies built residence blocks around the existing apartment blocks.Following facilities are situated in Ataköy: Yunus Emre Cultural Center, Conservatoty of Bakırköy Municipality, Ataköy Marina, Atrium Shopping Mall, Galleria Ataköy and Ataköy A Plus Shopping Mall, Sinan Erdem Dome, Ataköy Athletics Arena.