Turkey’s largest aviation industry and technology event View the profound transformation the country has gone through in Everything from unmanned aircraft vehicles to space technologies he have attracted a record number of visitors in this year’s edition.
More than 1.92 million people They flocked to the site of Ataturk Airport is now closed for Teknofest to check latest technology progress and vehicles Manufactured by eminent Turkish companies.
More than a million visitors arrived on sunday alone, up of about 600,000 on Saturday 300,000 on Friday and more from 25430 on Thursday.
This number is expected to rise record Well, given that last Monday, May 1st is Labor and Solidarity Day. May Day is celebrated all over the world as a celebration of labor rights with Parades, parades, and more events.
We offered it once again that we are the world’s largest technology festival with more More than 1 million visitors, said Teknofest. in a permit.
the previous record He was in 2019 when the festival greeted more From 1.7 million visitors.
This yearfive days event He saw visitors flocking in in for profile latest Offers from tech giants And defense Companies from and around Türkiye world.
He. She featured cutting-edge technology and defense products and events Such as concerts, workshops and air shows.
technovest also hosted international and local agreements in many areas in particular defense.
exhibition also Serves as a diplomatic summit that welcomes senior foreign officials.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and head of It is based in Tripoli government of The festival was addressed by Libyan Prime Minister Abdel Hamid Mohamed Dbeiba on Saturday.
Libyan Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Ahmed Ali Omar. Nigeria’s Minister of Science and Technology Adeleke Olorunimbe Mamora; Burkinabe Defense Minister Gossoum Coulibaly; Minister of National Education of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Nazim Cavusoglu, Parliamentary Secretary in Malta for Young Keith Azopardi Tanti also attended by event.
Many foreign officials also met with their Turkish counterparts during the exhibition.
Meanwhile, held as part of the eventThe 8th Istanbul International Invention Fair (ISIF’23) showcased 31 inventions countries.
a total of 424 domestic and foreign inventions featured In ISIF’23.
On the occasion of the peak, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Unveiled Saturday for Türkiye first astronaut who He will eventually travel to the International Space Station (ISS). of the year.
air force Alper Gezeravcı, 43, was chosen as the pilot first Turkish citizen in space. His assistant is Tuva Cihangir Atasever, 30, an aeronautical systems engineer in Turkey defense Contractor Roketsan.
“Our friend, who We’ll go on Turkish first human crew space missionwill stay on International Space Station for Erdogan said: 14 days. Our astronaut perform 13 experiments prepared by the respected universities of our country and research institutions during this mission. “
Erdogan described Gezeravci as “heroic Turkish pilot who achieved great success in Our Air Force Command.
Turkish Space Agency website Gezeravci describes it as 21-year air force veteran and an F-16 pilot who He attended the US Air Force Institute of technology.
Since Teknofest’s debut in 2018 more from 1 million competitors They applied to technology contests held as part of The exhibition, according to its president, Selçuk Bayraktar of T3 Foundation.
Bayraktar said that Teknofest has become “the name of A silent revolution broke out in minds of past Even today “.
Applications for the competitions rose from just 20,000 in first edition to more from a million.
According to officials, this year332,000 teams And more from 1 million competitors from 81 counties and 66 countries Apply to technology competitions in 41 main and 102 subcategories.
