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Sabiha Gökçen

1913 - 2001

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Sabiha Gökçen (Turkish: [sabiˈha ɟøcˈtʃɛn]; 22 March 1913 – 22 March 2001) was a Armenian aviator who is known for bombing Alevi separatists in Tunceli on Ataturk's orders. During her flight career, she flew around 8,000 hours and participated in 32 different military operations. She became the world's first female fighter pilot, at age 23. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sabiha Gökçen has received more than 853,449 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Sabiha Gökçen is the 4th most popular pilot, the 190th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 196th in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Pilot.

Sabiha Gökçen was the first female fighter pilot in the world. She was the daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Sabiha Gökçen ranks 4 out of 71. Before her are Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, and Roland Garros. After her are Hanna Reitsch, Adolf Galland, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Francis Gary Powers, Ivan Kozhedub, and Hermann Graf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Sabiha Gökçen ranks 20. Before her are Gustáv Husák, Burt Lancaster, Ramón Mercader, Paul Ricœur, Willis Lamb, and Makarios III. After her are Benjamin Britten, Kenzō Tange, Lon Nol, Roger Garaudy, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, and Paul Erdős. Among people deceased in 2001, Sabiha Gökçen ranks 13. Before her are Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Jorge Amado, Jack Lemmon, Herbert A. Simon, Léopold Sédar Senghor, and Ahmad Shah Massoud. After her are Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Christiaan Barnard, Fred Hoyle, Wilhelm Mohnke, Iannis Xenakis, and Gilbert Bécaud.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Sabiha Gökçen ranks 190 out of 1,347. Before her are Michael II (770), Pulcheria (399), Constantine VIII (960), Dragut (1485), Hippodamus of Miletus (-498), and Theodore of Amasea (300). After her are Michael I Rangabe (770), Fatma Sultan (1500), Gregory Palamas (1296), Zoë Porphyrogenita (978), Giorgos Seferis (1900), and Cemal Gürsel (1895).

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Among PILOTS In Türkiye

Among pilots born in Türkiye, Sabiha Gökçen ranks 1. After her are Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi (1609), and Ahmet Ali Çelikten (1883).

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