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Do you believe in Hezarfen? Did he actually fly?

posted 18 years ago by kuzgunsovalyesi
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Ok, I'm opening the first topic on this film... : )

Do you believe that the character of Hezarfen Ahmet Çelebi existed in reality? If so do you believe that he invented wings to fly and flied actually? There are much speculation in this issue, I hear most of the people say that this is pure fiction and non-sense...

Please try to base your discussions on some facts/evidence...

Mrs. Lowry: You must have hopes, wishes, dreams.
Sam: No, nothing. Not even dreams!

[–] atahanas 17 years ago

Yes, I do belive that Hazerfen existed. Actually it is the first time I ever heard that he might be a fictional characther.

[–] Yolas 17 years ago

i'm sure he existed but im not sure he flied.

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[–] cartzoon 16 years ago

no,he didnt.
bkz. ilber ortayli.

[–] mobed 15 years ago

No I believe in the six headed flying camel that can create electricity between his cones.

[–] leonthecleaner-1 12 years ago

Of course he existed and flied. He was mentioned in Evliyâ Çelebi's writings:

"First he practiced by flying over the pulpit of Okmeydani eight or nine times with eagle wings, using the force of the wind. Then, as Sultan Murad Khan (Murad IV) was watching from the Sinan Pasha mansion at Sarayburnu, he flew from the very top of the Galata Tower and landed in the Doğancılar square in Üsküdar, with the help of the south-west wind. Then Murad Khan granted him a sack of golden coins, and said: 'This is a scary man. He is capable of doing anything he wishes. It is not right to keep such people,' and thus sent him to Algeria on exile. He died there".
—Evliyâ Çelebi[1]

1. Çelebi, Evliya (2003). Seyahatname. Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık, p. 318.