Eylem Elif Maviş, née Koç, (born November 9, 1973) is the first
Turkish
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woman
mountaineer to climb
Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth.
Elif was born on in
Tokat, Turkey. She received her
Bachelor of Science degree in
environmental engineering and a
Master of Science degree in
business administration
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from the
Middle East Technical University
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in
Ankara. She holds another master's degree from the
University of Iowa. A
management systems specialist, she works as a
software engineer.
On July 22, 2005, she successfully summited
Gasherbrum II (8,035 m), the 14th highest peak of the world, with a Turkish team comprising six members. She and her teammate
Burçak Özoğlu Poçan
Burçak Poçan, née Özoğlu, (1970) is a mountaineer and one of the first Turkish women to climb over 8,000 m.
Burçak was born on January 4, 1970, in Ankara. Following her graduation from the School of Business Administration at the Middle ...
became the first Turkish women to climb over 8,000 m.
Elif reached the summit of Mount Everest (8848 m) as the first member of a Turkish expedition team on May 15, 2006, at 3:00
UTC, followed by three others
Haldun Ülkenli
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* Khaldoun Baghdadi, Palest ...
,
Serkan Girgin
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and
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.
The team, sponsored by
Petrol Ofisi, consisted of 11 mountaineers.
References
External links
Biography (in Turkish)The story of Mt. Everest the expedition
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1973 births
Middle East Technical University alumni
Living people
Turkish mountain climbers
Turkish summiters of Mount Everest
Turkish sportswomen
Female climbers