TEKNOFEST Green Crescent exhibits its anti-addiction projects in the Southeast

Aviation, Space and Technology Festival TEKNOFEST Southeast, organized by the Ministry of Industry and Technology, T3 Foundation and Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc., where Anadolu Agency (AA) is the "Global Communication Partner", continues at Şanlıurfa GAP Airport.

Turkish Green Crescent Society, which is among the stakeholder organizations of TEKNOFEST Southeast, organizes various activities, practices and awareness activities aimed at combating addiction at its stand.

Dinç, Chairman of the Turkish Green Crescent Society, told the AA correspondent that they experienced great enthusiasm at TEKNOFEST.

Emphasizing that, as the Green Crescent, they have been fighting for people's independence for 106 years, Dinç stated that TEKNOFEST also carries the dream and ideal of complete independence.

Dinç pointed out that TEKNOFEST expresses technological independence and the independence of the homeland, and said, "Therefore, as a part of this ideal, we want every individual of our country to have independence, just as TEKNOFEST expresses independence in technology. We are fighting for this." he said.

Emphasizing that one of the most important issues in the fight against addictions is prevention, Dinç said that it is important to increase knowledge and skills in this regard.

Technology projects aimed at combating addiction are exhibited

Dinç explained that they organized various activities, practices and awareness events in the Green Crescent tent in order to increase the knowledge and skills of millions of people who came to TEKNOFEST.

Stating that they organized the Technological Applications Competition in Fighting Addictions as a stakeholder of TEKNOFEST, Dinç said that the competition is aimed at developing digital tools, especially for high school students, by taking advantage of their experiences, knowledge and visions in order to use digital technologies beneficially.

Explaining that projects came from nearly 30 countries and every city of Türkiye in the competition, Dinç said, "We received over 300 projects. We exhibit 35 of them in our TEKNOFEST Green Crescent tent. Our young people tell about the work they have done here." he said.

Dinç said that young people have developed original and applicable digital tools to prevent digital and all other addictions.

Explaining that different technologies such as artificial intelligence, application, alarm system and detector are used in the projects, Dinç said:

"They have developed very original, applicable and different digital tools related to preventing digital addictions and all other addictions. Some of them have done a study using artificial intelligence, some have developed an application, some have developed an alarm system, some have developed a detector. All of these have been a hope for us to show our young people how correctly they can use technology when a field is opened, and it has also created a very good knowledge about how effective digital tools and technologies can be in preventing or combating addictions. That is why I am very happy to take part in this study." We got it."

"Let's continue to work together for full independence"

Dinç said that TEKNOFEST suits Türkiye and that it is meaningful to organize it in Şanlıurfa.

Reminding that Şanlıurfa received its "glorious" name due to its glory in the struggle for independence, Dinç said that independence suits everyone.

Dinç said, "Let's continue to work together for full independence, for the independence of our people, for our intellectual independence, for our technological digital independence, for the independence of our homeland. There is a great enthusiasm here. Our people have embraced this enthusiasm, they love this enthusiasm. I hope we will continue to increase this enthusiasm."