Cengiz Topel [SEP] date of birth
Cengiz Topel
Cengiz Topel (September 2, 1934, İzmit - August 8, 1964 Cyprus) was a fighter pilot of the Turkish Air Force, who was shot down while supporting the Turkish Cypriots during the 1964 inter-communal conflict Erenköy Resistance (Battle of Tylliria for Greeks).
Career.
He was born on September 2, 1934 to Hakkı Bey, a tobacco expert from Trabzon and Mebuse Hanım in İzmit, where his father was working for the Turkish tobacco company Tekel. He was the third sibling of
Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station
Cengiz Topel Naval Air Station (), a.k.a. Topel Airport or formerly Cengiz Topel Air Base, is a Turkish Navy air station located east of İzmit in Kocaeli Province, Turkey. The airport is in joint use for military and civil. Restructured in 1976, it hosts the Turkish Naval Aviation Command with two flying units, the 301st Squadron of fixed-wing aircraft and the 351st Squadron of rotorcrafts.
The facility, formerly a base of the Turkish Air Force, is named after the