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Sabiha Gökçen was the first Turkish female aviator and the first female combat pilot of the world. She was born March 21, 1913 in Bursa and died March 22, 2001 in Ankara.

She was one of the eight adoptive children of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

The newest airport in İstanbul on the Asian part, the Sabiha Gökçen Airport, is named after her.

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