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Sabiha Gökçen (; 22 March 1913 – 22 March 2001) was a Turkish aviator. She was the first Turkish female combat pilot, aged 23. According to some sources she was also the world's first female fighter pilot; however, others such as Marie Marvingt〔Historic Wings – Online Magazine; Article on Hélène Dutrieu Coupe Femina and Marie Marvingt:, Published on December 21, 2012: http://fly.historicwings.com/2012/12/helene-dutrieux-and-the-coupe-femina Retrieved 10 January 2015.〕 and Eugenie Mikhailovna Shakhovskaya both preceded her. She was one of the eight adopted children of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. In the 21st century, Gökçen made headlines and sparked controversy when, in 2007, Hrant Dink, a journalist of Turkish-Armenian descent, published an interview with Sabiha's niece that revealed that she was of Armenian origin. Her adopted sister Ülkü Adatepe disputed this during an interview, stating that Sabiha was actually of Bosniak ancestry. == Early life == Sabiha Gökçen's origins are a matter of dispute. According to official Turkish sources and interviews with Sabiha Gökçen, she was the daughter of Mustafa Izzet Bey and Hayriye Hanım. During Atatürk's visit to Bursa in 1925, Sabiha, who was only twelve years old, asked for permission to talk with Atatürk and expressed her wish to study in a boarding school. After learning her story and about her miserable living conditions, Atatürk decided to adopt her and asked Sabiha's brother for permission to take her to the Çankaya Presidential Residence in Ankara, where Sabiha would live among Atatürk's other adoptive daughters, Zehra, Afet and Rukiye. Sabiha attended the Çankaya Primary School in Ankara and the Üsküdar American Academy in Istanbul. In February 2004, journalist Hrant Dink published an article in the Armenian-language newspaper ''Agos'' headlined "The Secret of Sabiha Hatun," which contained an interview with Hripsime Sebilciyan, a former Gaziantep resident, who claimed to be Gökçen's niece and also that Gökçen herself was of Armenian ancestry. Mustafa Kemal took a liking to Sebilciyan, who was in an orphanage shortly after the Armenian Genocide, and had her adopted. Gökçen herself found out about her Armenian identity while in Ankara, when members of her family visited her from Beirut. Gökçen herself reportedly visited her Armenian relatives in Beirut. She had four brothers, Sarkis, Boğos, Haçik and Hovhannes. Just after the introduction of the surname act, Atatürk gave her the family name Gökçen on 19 December 1934. 'Gök' means sky in Turkish and Gökçen means 'belonging or relating to the sky'. However, she was not an aviator at that time, and it was only six months later that Sabiha developed a passion for flying. Along with her, Gökçen Efe (who was one of the ''Zeybek'' fighters against the Greek invasion fighting with Celâl Bayar) left her children to Celâl Bayar when he died. Since he (Gökçen Efe) was quite loved by Celal Bayar, the same surname was given to Sabiha, along with two children of Gökçen Efe, according to family sources. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sabiha Gökçen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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