VECIHI HURKUS 1896-1969 AKA Vecihi Hürkus­­

Vecihi Hurkus from Detay Sayfa on the Anadolu Türk I.nterneti website. Courtesy of Stuart Kline, 6-29-05

 

	Biography	Family Album

 

	Vecihi K-XIV 1930	K-XVI - Nuri Bey 1933-34	Germany 1938-39

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Vecihi Hurkis", using the Google search engine, (6-29-05), you will about 658 links! Unfortunately for those of us who only read English, most of them are written in Turkish. However, if time permits, you can sample a number of them and enjoy some interesting photographs.

 

ONLINE RESOURCES - English Only      If you search for "Vecihi Hurkis", using the Google search engine, (6-29-05) and specify "English Results only," you will find about 10 of 19 links. Each one offers a little piece of his story, several with very interesting photographs.

 

Greece & Turkey Defence Forum       This website offers a very informative article by "The Sublime Porte (Login MehmetcikTurkiye ) Akincilar(Turkey)." He includes photos of various models of Turkish-built planes, several of which were designed by Vecihi. You can access the page by clicking on the title. You may want to use your FIND function on "Vecihi" to locate the article on the page.

 

TOMTAS - Tayyare Otomobil ve Motor Türk Anonim Sirketi ( Kayseri Plant - German/Turkish Junkers Joint Venture )       This page recounts the development of the first Aircraft Manufacturing Plant in Turkey. At the bottom of the page is a link to the story of Hurkus. The text is entirely in Turkish, but there are five photographs of interest. You can access the page by clicking on the title.

 

Vecihi Hurkus died in 1969 from Detay Sayfa, 6-30-05   Editor's Note: If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper

 

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