ABOUT
Alper Gezeravcı completed his undergraduate studies at the Electronic Engineering Department of the Air Force Academy in Istanbul. In addition to his undergraduate education, he completed his Master’s degree at the US Air Force Institute of Technology.
Gezeravcı, who served as a fighter pilot in the Turkish Air Force, has more than 16 years of flying experience on many aircrafts.
Gezeravcı also served as a Weapons Tactics Officer and Flight Safety Officer. Until the start of the space mission, he served as the Academic Arm Commander at the 10th Base Standardised Fleet Command in Adana.
In addition to his service in the Military Air Force, he also served for 7 years in Turkish Airlines as a second pilot and duty pilot.
Gezeravcı is the first Turkish astronaut to go into space on the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3).