Istanbul Beneath My Wings

Istanbul Beneath My Wings Original Turkish title stanbul Kanatlarmn Altnda is a 1996 Turkish film, written and directed by Mustafa Altoklar. It is a dramatization of Hezarfen Ahmet elebis reported flight across the Bosphorus from Galata.

Hezarfen and Hasan are caught examining a dead body which is against the law and sent to be executed. At the intervention of the Sultan, they are sent for a court trial. Hasan tries to justify the research and experiments by claiming that they could be used as a weapon to defeat the enemies of the Ottomans. Murat forbids experiments on dead human bodies but gives his blessing to the duos research on flying, hoping for a new army of flying soldiers that could get past ground level barriers like walls and the sea, and drop bombs. To go about their task, Hezarfen and Hasan tell Murat of the undecipherable script and ask him to release the girl from the dungeon.The script belongs to Leonardo da Vinci and they realise that he too had the same idea of flying with wings, but the text is coded so they are unable to read it. Hezarfan and the girl whose name turns out to be Franceska fall in love. After witnessing some fireworks, Hasan tries experimenting with rockets and during a grand launch, manages to reach a reasonable altitude before bailing out and landing in the water below. When some drinks are accidentally spilt on the manuscript, the coded text becomes visible and Hezarfen uses his own ideas and that of Da Vincis to build a flying machine consisting of artificial wings. The conservative eyhl slam who is against Hezarfen tries to turn the Sultan against him. He succeeds when the Sultan bans Hezarfen from flying and orders his arrest. Hezarfen with Franceska manages to escape with the help of Evliya elebi to the Maidens Tower and launches his flying machine across the Bosporus. ........

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