Istanbul Beneath My Wings [SEP] director
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Istanbul Beneath My Wings (Original Turkish title: İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında) is a 1996 Turkish film, written and directed by Mustafa Altıoklar. It is a dramatization of Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi's reported flight across the Bosphorus from Galata.
Plot.
The film takes place in the 17th century. Two brothers Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi and his brother Lagari Hasan Çelebi are researching bird flight. The new Sultan Murat IV resists the domination of his mother, the Valide Kösem Sultan and tries to enforce strict law and
is 44:1. A modern hang glider has a glide ratio of 15:1 on average.
Modern era.
- One of three airports in Istanbul is named the "Hezarfen Airfield".
- A mosque next to the Istanbul Atatürk Airport bears the appellation "Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi".
- A 1996 feature-length film, "Istanbul Beneath My Wings" ("İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında") concerns the lives of Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebi, his brother and rocket aviator Lagari Hasan Çelebi, and Ottoman society in the early