This 12 months’s third version of Türkiye’s largest aviation and know-how occasion Teknofest kicked off on Wednesday within the Aegean metropolis of Izmir.
The five-day competition held at Izmir’s Çığlı Airport will provide its guests a various array of know-how and space-themed occasions, starting from air exhibits, exhibitions and workshops, to competitions, vertical wind tunnels, simulations and planetarium exhibits.
It has been collectively organized yearly by the Turkish Technology Team (T3) Foundation and the nation’s Ministry of Industry and Technology since 2018, in cooperation with different ministries and dozens of different public establishments, personal firms and universities.
Exciting exhibits within the sky are additionally scheduled to happen, carried out by the Turkish Air Force’s Turkish Stars aerobatic demonstration staff, in addition to the Bayraktar Akıncı and TB2 drones developed by Turkish firm Baykar, and Anka by Turkish Aerospace Inc., one other tech big within the nation.
Also slated to make appearances are the Turkish air present staff F-16 SoloTürk, in addition to the Hürküş coach plane, BELL-429 helicopter, paramotors, gyrocopters and the T-129 Atak helicopter.
Speaking on the opening ceremony of the competition, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır emphasised the function of youth whereas constructing Türkiye of the longer term, noting that the steps undertaken prior to now 5 years display the start of a fantastic social mobilization.
“Just as we achieved a big breakthrough within the protection business, we may even obtain nice successes in all fields, from environmental power to local weather, from well being to tourism, and from barrier-free life applied sciences by means of the know-how initiatives established by our youth,” Kacır stated.
Emphasizing that they broke distinctive information on the earth with 337,000 groups and 1 million opponents this 12 months, Kacır stated, “We hosted a total of 3.5 million visitors in Istanbul and Ankara. We are grateful for our nation’s interest in Teknofest and for encouraging our youth in line with our ‘National Technology Move’ goals.”
Selçuk Bayraktar, the chairperson of the T3 board of trustees and the chairperson of Teknofest’s board of administrators talking on the occasion opening expressed delight for witnessing excessive participation of youth, noting he “sees every young person as a shining star contributing to the country’s history, culture and future.”
Bayraktar additional identified that prime know-how is driving change and transformation on the earth however that humanity is sadly dealing with the social impacts of the speedy and unregulated dynamics of excessive know-how.
“During the COVID-19 pandemic, all of us noticed how insufficient the world was in producing fundamental respiratory units with know-how. During that interval, the world questioned this easy however lethal inadequacy for a very long time,” he stated.
“We, on the other hand, strive to combine technology with the goodness, justice and mercy of our ancient civilization to provide breath to humanity,” Bayraktar added.
Stating that they’re an instance to the world with nationwide know-how, he went on to level out, “Türkiye researches, develops, produces and develops in every field.”
“Our younger individuals create new fields by mixing business with excessive know-how and synthetic intelligence. We are those who will give spirit to those new fields and the altering world,” he stated.
The occasion was beforehand held in numerous Turkish cities in even years and within the metropolis of Istanbul in odd years. To mark the centenary of the founding of the Republic of Türkiye, the occasion was deliberate in three completely different provinces this 12 months.
The first version of the occasion this 12 months was held at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport in May, welcoming a file of two.5 million guests.
The second was held earlier in September within the capital Ankara, attracting practically 1 million individuals.
Teknofest is being held with the participation of 121 establishments, public- and private-sector organizations, educational establishments and media firms.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
