Ali Nasuh MAHRUKİ was born on May 21, 1968 in Istanbul. He has completed his primary school and high school education in Şişli Terakki Lisesi. He has graduated from Bilkent University Management Faculty in 1992. In 2004 he has graduated from National Security Academy. He is a professional mountain climber, writer, photographer and motivational speaker. As a professional sportsman, he has excelled in various outdoor sports such as mountaineering, climbing, caving, paragliding, scuba diving, motor sports, sailing and cycling.

He has started mountaineering when he was 20 and high altitude climbing at 24. When he was 26, after completing the ascents of five 7000 meter peaks in Pamir and Tien Shan mountains, he became one of the few western climbers who are given the prestigious Snow Leopard title by the Russian Mountaineering Federation. It is not yet repeated by another Turkish climber. At the age of 27, he became the first Turkish and the first muslim climber in the world who has climbed Mount Everest. When he was 28, he completed the Seven Summits project, which is climbing the highest peaks of each continent and among 45 climbers, he became the youngest climber in the world to do so. He made the highest solo ascent of Turkey on 8201 m. high Mount Cho Oyu, the 6th highest mountain in the world. He climbed 8516 m. high Mount Lhotse, the 4th highest mountain in the world. He climbed 8611 m. Mount K2, the second highest and according to many, the most difficult and dangerous mountain of the world. This ascent is not yet repeated by Turkish climbers also. All these 8000 m. climbs were first Turkish ascents and last three were without supplementary Oxygen.

He has made long overland motorbike tours in Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet and some of Europe.

He is making motivational speeches on subjects like leadership, team building, target orientation, persevarence, risk management and self actualization. He has also taught on these subjects at a university. He has written articles on various magazines and newspapers and also made documentaries on various TV channels.

He is the co-founder and the president of AKUT (Search and Rescue Association). AKUT is a volunteer based search and rescue team. Nasuh Mahruki has founded AKUT in 1996 with a group of his mountain climber friends. It became the one and only NGO that has organized on search and rescue, before the big Marmara Earthquake that hit Golcuk and killed approximately 18.000 people on August 17, 1999. AKUT volunteers rescued 220 people under the collapsed structures. They were so effective and helpful for the victims during those very difficult days, Turkish people has chosen AKUT as the most trusted entity of Turkey. Today there are more then 20 AKUT units and more then 1000 volunteers all over Turkey and until today 852 people have either rescued or moved to safe environments by AKUT.

Nasuh Mahruki is also the co-founder of Common Purpose Association of Turkey and he is a member of UGSAD (National Security and Strategic Research Association), TMOK (National Olympic Commity of Turkey), SAD (Underwater Research Association) and Travellers Club of Turkey.

His books published in Turkish are; "Diary of an Alpinist", "First Turk on Everest", "In Search of a Dream", "Roads of Asia, Himalayas, and Beyond"; "Earth Diary"; "Motherland is Loved by Actions not by Empty Words".

I am a professional mountain climber, writer, photographer and documentary producer. I travel a lot to collect data for my books and documentaries. I am one of the founders and at the moment, the president of AKUT Arama Kurtarma Derneği - a voluntary Search and Rescue Society based in Istanbul.

BASIC INFORMATION

Date of birth/place: 21.05.68/Istanbul
Nationality: Turkish
Address: Yanarsu Sok. No: 8 Etiler 80630 Istanbul Turkiye

Contact numbers
Fax: (90-212) 257 76 09

e-mail:
nmahruki@superonline.com
nasuh@nasuhmahruki.com
http://www.everestnews.com/nasuh.htm
http://www.nasuhmahruki.com

ACTIVITIES
Mountaineering, climbing, scuba diving, paragliding, sailing, caving, off-road, motorbike, cycling.

ORGANIZATIONS

- President, Bilkent University, Nature Sports Society, DOST, 1989-92
- Founder (1996) and President, AKUT Search and Rescue Society, 1998-99

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

(i) Climbs:

1. Little Demirkazik West face climb (3425m.), Nigde Turkey, July 1991
2. Five climbs on Terskey Ala Too mountains: Uglawaya (3900m.), Peak Studentin (4202m.), Brigandina-Albatros traverse (4800-4740m.), Cigid (5170m.),Kazakhstan, July 1991
3. First Turkish ascent of Peak Khan Tengri (7010m.), Kyrgyzstan, August 1992
4. Great Demirkazik North Face climb (3756m.), Nigde Turkey, September 1992
5. Winter ascent of Mt. Elbruz (5621m.), Caucasus, February 1993
6. Peak Lenin (7134m.), Kyrgyzstan, July 1993
7. First Turkish ascent of Vaja Psavela (6912m.), Kyrgyzstan, August 1993
8. First Turkish ascent of Peak of Four (6299m.), Kyrgyzstan, July 1994
9. First Turkish ascent of Korjenevskoy (7105m.), Tajikistan, July 1994
10. Peak Communism (7495m.), Tajikistan, July 1994
11. Solo and First Turkish ascent of Peak Pobeda (7439m.), Kyrgyzstan, August 1994
12. First Turkish winter ascent of Mount Demavand.(5671m.) Iran December 1994
13. Erciyes (3916m.), North Icefall winter ascent, Kayseri, February 1995
14. Completed the "Seven Summits" project of climbing the highest peaks of each of the continents, November 1996: The mountains are;

          i) Mt. Everest (8848m.), Tibet, Asia, May 1995 First Turkish ascent.
          ii) Aconcagua (6959m.), Argentina, South America, November 1995 First Turkish ascent.
          iii) Vinson (4897m.), Antarctica, December 1995 First Turkish ascent
          iv) Mc. Kinley (6194m.), Alaska, North America, January 1996 First Turkish ascent
          v) Kilimanjaro ( 5895m.), Tanzania, Africa, August 1996
          vi) Elbruz (5642m.) Caucauses, Europe, August 1996
          vii) Cosciusko (2228m.) Australia, November 1996

15. Great Demirkazık (3756m.), Peck Route first winter ascent, Nigde, Turkey, December 1996.
16. Güzeller (3461m.), North Face first winter ascent, Nigde, Turkey, February 1997.
17. Solo ascent of Cho Oyu (8201m.), Tibet, 6th highest mountain of the world. The highest solo ascent of Turkey. September 1997, w/o oxygen. First Turkish ascent
18. Lhotse (8516m.), 4th highest mountain of the world. West Face, Nepal, May 1998, The highest Oxygen-less ascent of Turkey. First Turkish ascent
19. Attempted Manaslu (8163m.) Nepal October 1998.
20. Mount Agrı (Ararat) (5137m.) Turkey November 1999
21. Winter ascent of Mount Damavand (5671m.) Iran January 2000
22. Winter ascent of Mount Agrı (Ararat) (5137m.) Turkey February 2000
23. First Turkish ascent of extremely dangerous and difficult K2 (8611m.) Pakistan July 2000 2. Highest Mountain of the World, The highest Oxygenless ascent of Turkey. *
24. Muztag Ata (7546m.) China August 2001 First Turkish ascent. Highest ski-ascent of Turkey.

           * There are 29 climbers who have reached the summits of Everest, K2 and Lhotse mountains and today only 22 of them are alive.

(ii) Other accomplishments:

- First Turkish paragliding flight of Mt. Erciyes (3901m), Kayseri Turkey, June 1991; Highest paragliding flight of Turkey at the time.
- Underwater researches of Altinbesik and Kirkgozler caves with ODTU SAT MADAG (Cave Diving Group of METU), Antalya Turkey, October 1992.
- Took part in the Camel Trophy in Kalimantan as one of the two members of the Turkish team, April 1996. 2.nd place on Team Spirit Award and 4th overall.
- Underwater researches of Kırkgoz, Finike Incirli caves and Dudenbasi waterfall with SAD (Underwater Research Society), Antalya, Turkey, September 1996.
- Traveled across Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal and Sikkim and back on motorcycle covering 21,000 km., August-November 1997.

PUBLICATIONS

(i) Books:

- Diary of an Alpinist (Yapi Kredi Press, July 1995)
- First Turk on Everest (Yapi Kredi Press, December 1995)
- In Search of a Dream (Yapi Kredi Press, December 1996)
- Roads of Asia, Himalayas, and Beyond (Yapi Kredi Press, September 1999)
- Preparing a new book at the moment

(ii) Articles/Reports/Presentations:

- Published the magazine DOST, 1ST AND 2ND Issues, magazine of the Nature Sports Society of Bilkent University, 1991 - 1992
- Many articles on GEZI, GLOBE, SKYLIFE, DOGA VE GEZI etc. magazines and newspapers.

EDUCATION

- Sisli Terakki Lisesi, Istanbul Turkey, junior high and high school diploma (1981/1987)
- B.A., Bilkent University, Faculty of Management, Ankara Turkey, (1987-1992)

OTHER TRAINING COURSES

- Amateur Sailor Qualification course, Istanbul, 1987
- Parachute course, Ankara, Turkey, 1989
- Scuba diving course, Cubuklu Military Divers School, Istanbul 1990
- Paragliding course, Istanbul, 1991
- PADI Medic First Aid course, Ankara, 1992 - PADI Rescue Diver course, Ankara, 1992
- Many courses on Navigation, Search and Rescue Techniques, First Aid, Amateur Radio Communication, Off-Road, Advanced Driving and Tour Skiing.

AWARDS / TITLES

- Awarded the title "Best Climber of Turkey" and was nominated as a candidate for the "Best Sportsman of Turkey", 1992 and 1994. (No elections in 1993)
- Awarded the title "Snow Leopard" by the Russian Mountaineering Federation after completing the ascents of 5 seven thousand meter peaks of the CIS, August 1994. At that time there were overall 214 climbers who were awarded with that title of which 3 were Western climbers.
- Became the first Turkish and Muslim climber in the world to climb Mt. Everest, May 1995.
- Completed the "Seven Summits" project as being the youngest climber after climbing the highest peaks of each continent, November 1996.
- Awarded by many Official Organizations, Clubs, and Societies.

MEDIA AND OTHER INFORMATION

1. Organizing motivation speeches
2. Prepared many presentations and slide shows at Universities, Schools, Clubs and Societies.
3. Produced Everest, Seven Summits, Lhotse, Manaslu, Overland Asia on a Motorbike and K2 documentaries.
4. Produced the documentary called "Gezgin" on Channel 9.
5. Presented the AXN Extreme Sports Documentary on Show TV.
6. Wrote weekly articles on Hurriyet Newspaper.
7. Currently teaching "Team Building and Collaborative Leadership" course in Bahçeşehir University.
8. Worked in many Search and Rescue operations throughout Turkey and abroad both in Outdoor Accidents and Natural Disasters.