Türkiye has chosen Alper Gezeravcı and Tuva Cihangir Atasever because the nation’s first area vacationers to be despatched into area within the final quarter of this yr, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan introduced on Saturday.
Speaking on the nation’s main know-how occasion TEKNOFEST, he stated Gezeravci, a pilot within the Turkish Air Force, might be despatched to the International Space Station, whereas Atasever, a system engineer within the Turkish missile producer Roketsan within the discipline of area launch techniques, was chosen because the reserve candidate.
Türkiye established the Turkish Space Agency in 2018, and introduced the nation’s area program in 2019, in addition to the crewed area mission.
Young folks will carry Türkiye to the highest league, and they’ll notice the nation’s dream of full independence, Erdoğan stated, including: “We have struggled a lot to establish a climate in our country where our young people can pursue their dreams without fear.”
“We broke the shackles of backwardness in Türkiye, we built the infrastructure of a great and powerful Türkiye,” he famous.
He additionally stated Türkiye grew to become a hope for all oppressed folks, noting: “We have shown that it is not the destiny of our nation to live by depending on others.”
On TEKNOFEST, he stated it’s the world’s primary aviation and area occasion, and it grew to become a model in its discipline.
He careworn that the variety of individuals within the occasion has been rising annually since 2018.
While the primary version of the occasion acquired 4,233 functions from rivals in 2018, this yr, the determine reached 333 groups and 1 million folks, he stated.
Mentioning the nation’s latest protection merchandise, corresponding to uncrewed fighter jet Kizilelma, the fifth technology warcraft TF-X, satellite tv for pc IMECE, mild warcraft and jet coach Hurjet and Multirole Heavy Combat Helicopter ATAK-2, he stated TEKNOFEST is the image of all of those developments.
The five-day TEKNOFEST, which began on Thursday, options a number of cutting-edge know-how initiatives and protection merchandise.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
