Serkan, who deceived everyone by claiming to be the first Turkish Astronaut, is commemorated

Especially between 2004 and 2010, “Japan’s super brain”, “Turkish Scientist’s Space Elevator: ATA” and “Turkish samurai of Japan” He managed to make a name for himself with titles such as.

Well Serkan Anilir, Was it really this person?

Serkan Anilir, according to his claims and as reflected in the press, was someone who had 10 skills on his 10 fingers, so to speak.

HE; He completed his master’s degree in high technology in Germany and is one of the youngest associate professors at Tokyo University. He also has studies on space physics at the same university, teaches at 8 universities as a professor, and He was included in the encyclopedia of scientists by Cambridge University (!).

Additionally, according to what he reported; He was the head of the space-physics department at the Japan Aerospace Agency, and the Space Elevator at NASA. He had undertaken Space Umbrella projects in Japan.

Serkan Anilir, who is not limited to these, published “Can a Turk Become a Samurai?” published in 2009. author of the book, screenwriter of the upcoming Japanese animated movie Evolution, and even He claimed that he was the first Turkish astronaut.

So, is Serkan Anilir really the person he says he is?

First of all, this person 40% of his doctoral thesis was plagiarized. If Anilir is concerned about this plagiarism in his thesis, “It was the first thesis I wrote as a doctoral student. That’s why I wasn’t aware of the issue of numbering the places I quoted and citing the source. It was caused by a simple mistake of mine. “I had already applied to leave my job.” he commented.

Another point is Serkan Anilir’s “I am the first Turkish astronaut” It was about the sentence. This claim of Anilir was also unfounded and the images circulating on social media were also unfounded. It was a photomontage made on a photograph belonging to NASA astronaut Richard J. Hieb.

Serkan Anilir comments on this photomontage. “The astronaut photo was also a photomontage made for fun in Houston, It was a mistake to include it in my biography.” he said.

Serkan Anilir’s statements, whose allegations were not limited to these, were as follows:

“I am a recipient of the American Medal of Honor, a graduate of the University of Illinois and ITU, I won an Olympic medal by participating in the Turkish National Ski Team, I am the head of the Japanese Space Physics department, I presented a paper at the 2003 Space Conference, the commander of the Turkish Air Force recommended me to NASA and “As Turkey’s first official astronaut candidate, I was sent to NASA by the Ministry of Transport.” It was like.

These extreme claims of Anilir attracted a great deal of attention over time and Its accuracy was examined by Japanese academics.

Unfortunately, the facts were the exact opposite of Anilir’s claims. This person has never received a patent, the “ATA Space Elevator” project has never been realized, “The theory called “The 11th Dimension of the Universe” was completely fabricated.

In addition, it has been confirmed that the documents Anilir submitted to the Japanese authorities stating that the Turkish Ministry of Transport sent him to NASA were fake.

In fact, there is no such unit as the Japanese Space Physics Department and Serkan Anilir is not a graduate of Illinois or ITU. He graduated from Yıldız Technical University, faculty of architecture. Again, the American Medal of Honor was an award that could be purchased for several thousand dollars.

Tokyo University also took action after the facts emerged. “We have never experienced anything like this in our 130-year history.” With this sentence, he canceled the doctor’s title of this person.

In summary, Serkan is mentioned; presented himself as someone he was not, committed unethical plagiarism in his work, and Many channels on social media relied on Anilir’s words and introduced him to thousands of people as a completely different person.

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