Turkish Air Association is founding a university!
THK Sabiha Gökçen Aviation and Space University is founded by Turkish Air Association (THK). The university is getting into action in three years…
THK Chairman Retired Major General Osman Yıldırım recorded that he founded a donation to actualize the university,and it would be affiliated to that donation.
Yıldırım said that they asked permission from YOK and it leant towards the idea of university,and Aviation Training Centres would have academi status.
That university called “THK Sabiha Gökçen Aviation and Space University” is going to be founded in Etimesgut,Ankara. Yıldırım said “ Aviation is becoming bigger and bigger in this country. We need to keep up with it.”
VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS OPENING IN 2011
Osman Yıldırım pointed that the institution would also found an aircraft maintenance center in Istanbul,Izmir,Antalya and Samsun like Ankara. THK Vocational High Schools are starting in İzmir and Ankara. Yıldırım said that the students who graduated from the university would be able to get a job all over the World.
Yılıdırım recorded that there were five fire fighting aircraft in Turkey,and that number would incrase six in a short time.He also said that they planned to incrase that number to 22.
AVIATION TRAINING CENTER FOR EACH CITY
Osman Yıldırım said “ We started to train pilots for airways in 2003. We decided to increase the number of Turkish pilots. We plan to found aviation training centers in 81 cities in 2025. We will have founded aviation training centers in İzmir,Bursa,Antalya,Samsun,Kayseri and Erzincan in 3 years.
About 100 people have already started our school in Florya. Some foreign countries also demand it for pilotage training . Our flying school has the capacity of 200 students for a year. We also will get 2 business jets for patient transfer and using in training.