[1] With a friend, Öztürk purchased an agricultural plot on the bank of Lake Büyükçekmece to convert it into an earthen sports airfield for his flight exercises.
[1] He co-founded the aviation company "Top Air", one of Turkey's first private flight training schools, which educated hundreds of professional and amateur pilots.
[1] After signing a sponsorship deal with an energy drink company in 2013, he performed his first aerobatic show above Maiden's Tower at Bosphorus on 28 April 2013.
In Adana, he performed a number of aerobatic shows over the city on 18 and 19 May in conjunction with the celebrations of the Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day.
[1] Öztürk died on 19 May 2013, when his plane crashed into the ground and caught fire while performing a diving manoeuvre during the air show in Adana.