Turkey Stamps 2014 Permanent Postal Stamps

Permanent Postal Stamps with the Theme of Tourism

Turkey Stamps 2014 60th Year of General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works DSI

Turkey Stamps 2014 60th Year of General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSI)

General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works was founded in 1954 in scope of 6200th Law Regarding the Organization and Duties of General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works for the planning, management, development and operation of all water sources in our country; it is a public legal entity affiliated with the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs and takespride of its 60th year.
State hydraulic Works has taken water to 36 decare agricultural area, provided 34 million people with 3,36 billion m³/year water and protected 5835 residential units and 17,22 million decare agricultural area from floods with its investments of 60 years. In addition, power of 12,295 MW was obtained and 43,12 billion kwh/year electricity production was obtained annually.
World Water Day: World Water Day organized by the United Nations in order to call attention to sustainable water management is being celebrated by General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works on March,22nd. The subject of the year of 2014 is "Water and Energy".
Deriner Dam: Deriner Dam which has been built over Çoruh River in Artvin Province and has been operating since 2012 is the highest dam of Turkey with 249 meters of structure height. It is the third highest dam of Europe and sixth highest dam of the World in concrete arch dam class and it stores 2 billion m³ water. Annually 2,1 billion kw/h energy is produced in Deriner Dam which has a installed capacity of 670 MW.
In the memory of 60th anniversary of General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works, valuable commemoration stamp and a first day cover were published by PTT on the date of 22.03.2014

Turkey Stamps 2014 Topkapi Palace

Turkey Stamps 2014 Emission Program

Palaces - Topkapi Palace

Palaeste - Topkapi Palast

Palais - Palais de Topkapi

Turkey 2014 Stamps 100th Anniversary of Martyrdom of the First Naval Air Pilot Mehmet Fethi Bey

100th Anniversary of Martyrdom of the First Naval Air Pilot Mehmet Fethi Bey Stamp and FDC

Lieutenant Mehmet Fethi Bey, assigned as engineer, was born in 1887, Istanbul.Upon graduating form Naval Engineering School as Lieutenant, he assumed duties onborad Hamidiye Cruiser as well as various ships. He received training in an aircraft factory in 1912, Bristol. At that time he also studied aviation by his own financial means. He made successful filights when he joined Balkan Wars. After war, national authorities, a Turkish woman and a press member were all flown by Mehmet Fethi Bey for the first time. Upon his commendable flights at war and peace, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.

He voluntarily joined the team which was planning to fly Istanbul to Alexandria to provide relief because of Balkan Wars, to improve decreasing prestige of Ottoman Empire and demonstrate appreciation for the people living in far distant places. Lieutenant Selim Sadik Bey, entrusted as an assistant observer , and the Lieutenant Fethi Bey began thier flight with a Bleriot XI class aircraft, "Muavenet-i Milliye" following the route from Istanbul to Adapazari, Eskisehir, Afyonkarahisar, Konya, Adana, Aleppo, Humus, Beirut and Damascus on 8 February 1914. On February 27th, after having passed through Golan Hills and approaching Jerusalem, his plane crashed somewhere near Taberiye Lake. They both died and became the first mrtyrs of Turkish Naval Aviation. In memory of those brave men, Monument of Martyrs was established both in Taberiye and Fatih, İstanbul in May and August 1914 respectively. The town “Megri” in Mugla was then renamed as “Fethiye” in memory of the martyr Mehmet Fethi Bey.
PTT issues memory blog consisting of 4 stamps and the first day envelope on February 27,2014 in memory of the 100th anniversary of the First Naval Air Pilot Lieutenant Mehmet fethi Bey’s death.