When Turkey's first astronaut blasts off for the International Space Station (ISS) this week, he will embody his country's pride and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's grand geopolitical ambitions.Alper Gezeravci, a 43-year-old fighter pilot and colonel in Turkey's air force, was due to take off Wednesday from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida for a two-week mission.
When Turkey s first astronaut blasts off for the International Space Station (ISS) this week, he will embody his country s pride and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan s grand geopolitical ambitions.
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