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Selçuk Bayraktar, the architect of Türkiye's first indigenous UCAV systems and unmanned fighter aircraft, was born in 1979 in Sarıyer, Istanbul. Following his graduation from Robert College, he completed his undergraduate studies in Electronics and Communications Engineering at Istanbul Technical University (ITU), before earning graduate degrees from UPenn and MIT. Bayraktar has received numerous international awards and decorations, including the Azerbaijan Karabakh Order, the Ukrainian State Merit Order, the Mali National Order, and the Kyrgyzstan Dank State Order. In the field of space technologies, he is currently developing satellites, orbital transfer vehicles, and launch systems through his venture, Fergani. He serves as the chairman of the boards of trustees of the Turkish Technology Team (T3) Foundation, the CANSAĞLIĞI Foundation, and the KÜME (Culture and Heritage) Foundation. He also leads TEKNOFEST, the world's largest technology festival. He is married to Sümeyye Erdoğan Bayraktar, a father of two, and holds a private pilot's license.