Türkiye’s largest aerospace and know-how occasion showcasing the profound transformation the nation has gone via in every little thing from uncrewed aerial autos to area applied sciences has attracted a report variety of guests at this 12 months’s version.
More than 1.92 million individuals flocked to the location of the now-closed Atatürk Airport for Teknofest to look at the newest know-how developments and autos manufactured by outstanding Turkish corporations.
Over 1 million guests arrived on Sunday alone, up from round 600,000 on Saturday, 300,000 on Friday and greater than 25,430 on Thursday.
The determine is predicted to raise the report additional, on condition that the final day Monday, May 1, marked Labor and Solidarity Day. May Day is noticed worldwide as a celebration of employees’ rights with rallies, marches and different occasions.
“We showed once again that we are the world’s largest technology festival with more than 1 million visitors,” Teknofest stated in an announcement.
The earlier report was in 2019 when the competition welcomed greater than 1.7 million guests.
This 12 months’s five-day occasion noticed guests pouring in for a glimpse on the newest choices from tech giants and protection corporations from Türkiye and world wide.
It featured cutting-edge know-how, protection merchandise and occasions resembling concert events, workshops and airshows.
Teknofest additionally hosted worldwide and home agreements in lots of fields, particularly protection.
The honest additionally features as a diplomatic summit welcoming prime international officers.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and the pinnacle of the Tripoli-based authorities of Libya, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah, addressed the competition on Saturday.
Libya’s Industry and Mineral Resources Minister Ahmed Ali Omar; Nigerian Science and Technology Minister Adeleke Olorunnimbe Mamora; Burkinese Defense Minister Kassoum Coulibaly; National Education Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Nazım Çavuşoğlu, and Malta’s Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Keith Azzopardi Tanti additionally attended the occasion.
Several international officers additionally met with their Turkish counterparts throughout the honest.
Meanwhile, held as a part of the occasion, the eighth Istanbul International Invention Fair (ISIF’23) showcased innovations from 31 nations.
A complete of 424 home and international innovations had been featured at ISIF’23.
Marking the height, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday unveiled Türkiye’s first astronaut who will journey to the International Space Station (ISS) by the tip of the 12 months.
Air drive pilot Alper Gezeravcı, 43, was chosen as the primary Turkish citizen in area. His backup is Tuva Cihangir Atasever, 30, an aviation techniques engineer at Turkish protection contractor Roketsan.
“Our friend, who will go on Türkiye’s first human-crewed space mission, will stay on the International Space Station for 14 days,” Erdoğan stated. “Our astronaut will perform 13 experiments prepared by our country’s esteemed universities and research institutions during this mission.”
Erdoğan described Gezeravci as a “heroic Turkish pilot who has achieved significant success in our Air Force Command.”
The Turkish Space Agency web site describes Gezeravci as a 21-year air drive veteran and F-16 pilot who attended the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology.
Since Teknofest’s debut in 2018, greater than 1 million opponents have utilized to know-how contests held as a part of the honest, in keeping with Selçuk Bayraktar, chairperson of the T3 Foundation.
Bayraktar stated Teknofest had change into “the name of a silent revolution that started in minds from the past to today.”
The purposes for the competitions have soared from simply 20,000 on the first version to greater than one million.
According to officers, this 12 months, 332,000 groups and greater than 1 million opponents from 81 provinces and 66 nations utilized to the know-how competitions in 41 most important and 102 subcategories.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
