Dede Korkut Platform President proposes naming Bayburt‑Gümüşhane Airport after legendary
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Ünal Yaşaroğlu, president of the Dede Korkut Platform, suggested that the newly opened Bayburt‑Gümüşhane Airport be called “Dede Korkut Havalimanı”.
He said the name would carry cultural value for both provinces, Turkey and the Turkic world, noting the airport’s proximity to the burial site of Fahreddin Kutlu Bey, father of Akkoyunlu founder Kara Yölük Osman Bey, and citing other notable figures as alternative options. Yaşaroğlu added that the name could unite the two provinces and the Turkic world, could benefit the Turkic States Organization through cultural cooperation, and that a poll in both provinces would likely favor it, recalling that MHP Deputy Leader İsmail Faruk Aksu had previously proposed the name.