Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday spoke over the phone with the country’s first space traveler Alper Gezeravci, who returned to Earth on Friday after completing a successful mission, Paralel.Az reports citing Anadolu Agency.

During a phone call with Gezeravci, Erdogan expressed hope that he would meet Gezeravci in person in Ankara to get more details about his more than two-week stay at the International Space Station (ISS).

“You will have very important tasks from now on,” Erdogan said, thanking him for successfully completing the mission.


Gezeravci said this journey was “an inspiring duty” to Türkiye and future generations.

Türkiye became the 22nd country to reach the ISS, he said, adding that his country reached there “the fastest, from the beginning of the training to the execution of the mission at the ISS.”