Am Berg Ararat wurde ein europäischer Rekord im Paragliding aufgestellt.

In collaboration with the Governorship of Ağrı and Serhat Development Agency, a challenging jump was made on Mount Ağrı, known as the roof of Turkey with its 5,137 meters height, variable weather conditions, and steep slopes, breaking the European record in paragliding.

The region, which was previously associated with terrorism, has become an attractive center for nature sports as a result of the determined struggle of the security forces to eliminate terrorism. Mount Ağrı, where hundreds of local and foreign climbers climb to the summit every year, hosted paragliding athlete Abdullah Yıldız and his team this time. Yıldız and his team climbed to the summit of Mount Ağrı to break the European paragliding record. Despite the challenging conditions with snow, storm, and fog, Yıldız and his team reached the summit and made a paragliding jump from there. With the jump through the clouds, Abdullah Yıldız broke the European record, achieving a great success.

Governor Koç, who made evaluations regarding Mount Ağrı becoming an attractive center for nature sports, said, ‘Such activities carried out in areas cleared of terrorism in our region provide significant contributions to both regional tourism and our athletes. This record attempt made on Mount Ağrı once again showed that the region is a safe and attractive sports center.’ Governor Koç congratulated Abdullah Yıldız for this challenging jump and wished him continued success.

Abdullah Yıldız, who is happy to have broken the European record, expressed his gratitude to Governor Koç and Serhat Development Agency for their contributions. Yıldız stated that this record does not belong only to him but to all of Turkey, and that it will contribute to making Ağrı even more popular for nature sports.