Ali Nasuh Mahruki (born 21 May 1968) is a professional mountaineer, writer, photographer and documentary film producer. He climbed to the summit of Mount Everest and was the first ever Turkish person to climb the Seven Summits.[1]
After finishing high school at Şişli Terakki High School in Istanbul in 1987, Mahruki attended the School of Business Administration at Bilkent University in Ankara, and graduated in 1992. During his time at the university, he was introduced to mountain climbing in the university climbing club and later became club president.
Mountaineering career
Between 1992 and 1994, Mahruki climbed the five highest former Soviet mountains in Asia (Khan Tengri, Lenin Peak, Peak Korzhenevskaya, Communism Peak and Peak Pobeda), which are all over 7,000 metres high. This achievement gained him the honorific title "Snow Leopard", awarded by the Russian Climbing Federation.
Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 m) Oceania, November 1996
Great Demirkazık (3,756 m), Peck route first winter ascent, Niğde, Turkey, December 1996.
Güzeller (3,461 m), North face first winter ascent, Niğde, Turkey, February 1997.
Solo ascent of Cho Oyu (8,201 m), Tibet, 6th highest mountain of the world. The highest solo ascent of Turkey. September 1997, without oxygen. First Turkish ascent
Lhotse (8,516 m), 4th highest mountain of the world. West face, Nepal, May 1998, The highest oxygenless ascent of Turkey. First Turkish ascent
Winter ascent of Mount Ararat (Ağrı Dağı) (5,137 m), Turkey February 2000
First Turkish ascent of extremely dangerous and difficult K2 (8,611 m), Pakistan July 2000. 2nd the highest mountain in the world, The highest oxygenless ascent by a Turkish national.
Muztagh Ata (7,546 m), China August 2001. First Turkish ascent. Highest ski-ascent of Turkey.
Books
Diary of an Alpinist (Yapi Kredi Press, 1995)
First Turk on Everest (Yapi Kredi Press, 1995)
In Search of a Dream (Yapi Kredi Press, 1996)
Roads of Asia, Himalayas, and Beyond (Yapi Kredi Press, 1999)
Earth Diary (KAPITAL Press, 2002)
Motherland is only to be loved by actions, not by empty words (GUNCEL YAYINCILIK, 2007)
Awards
"Best Climber of Turkey" and was nominated as a candidate for the "Best Sportsman of Turkey", 1992 and 1994. (No elections in 1993)
"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.[2]
Nasuh Mahruki belongs to the Kemalist and is a vocal critic of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He is considered an important representative of civil society in Turkey. His political demands include transparency and fairness in elections, freedom of expression and freedom of the press, the fight against corruption in state institutions and protection against arbitrary arrests.
He has been active in local politics since 2016 and had hopes of running for mayor of the Istanbul district of Besiktas for the social democratic CHP. However, when the CHP did not nominate him, he ran as an independent candidate in the local elections in March 2024 and received 13% of the vote.
Nasuh Mahruki was arrested on November 20, 2024, on charges of publicly disseminating misleading information to the public.[4][5] On December 5, he was ordered to be released.[6]
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