TEKNOFEST ended in Southeast Şanlıurfa: 1.6 million competitors participated

TEKNOFEST Southeast, held for five days at Şanlıurfa GAP Airport, ended with the closing program. 427 teams and more than 2 thousand competitors took part in the finals of 14 competitions at the festival.

TEKNOFEST Southeast, organized at Şanlıurfa GAP Airport under the leadership of the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the Turkish Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation), ended with the closing program held after five days of events. Within the scope of the festival, where Anadolu Agency was the "Global Communication Partner", competitions, exhibitions and various events were organized in the fields of aviation, space and technology. Young people from different provinces of Türkiye took part in competitions with the projects they prepared.

MORE THAN 1 MILLION 600 THOUSAND COMPETITORS APPLIED

Speaking at the closing program, Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz said that TEKNOFEST started with approximately 20 thousand competitors in 2018, and this year more than 1 million 600 thousand competitors took part in the organization.

Yılmaz stated that applications were made from 81 provinces and said: "Applications from 81 provinces show how broad human resources our claim to produce technology is based on. In this respect, TEKNOFEST has now gone beyond a normal festival and turned into a movement. It has turned into a very important movement, a giant movement." Stating that the organization held in Şanlıurfa was the 15th festival of TEKNOFEST, Yılmaz said that the finals of 14 competitions were held in the city.

YOUTH MEET IN TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIONS

As part of the festival, 427 teams and more than 2 thousand competitors participated in the final competitions in Şanlıurfa. Cevdet Yılmaz stated that supporting young people in the region in the fields of education, science and production is important for the development of Türkiye.

In his speech, Yılmaz also made evaluations about the "Terror-Free Turkey" target. Stating that terrorism has brought economic and social costs as well as human loss to Türkiye for many years, Yılmaz said: "We follow our Terror-Free Turkey target with the responsibility we bear towards the future of our youth. We want to direct all our energy to development and prosperity by permanently removing terrorism, which has been killing our people for years, targeting our brotherhood and wasting our resources in vain, from our country's agenda."

Cevdet Yılmaz said that young people from different parts of Türkiye are working together in the field of technology and continued his speech as follows: "Our Turkish, Kurdish and Arab youth are no longer talking about terrorism, they are talking about how to develop technology together. They are talking about new products and innovative initiatives. This is the Türkiye we want to see."

TEKNOFEST SHARING FROM YILMAZ

After the closing program, Cevdet Yılmaz shared a post about TEKNOFEST Southeast on his social media account. In his post, Yılmaz stated that science, technology and young people came together for five days in Şanlıurfa and said: "We attended the closing program of TEKNOFEST Southeast, where science, technology and the excitement of our young people came together for five days in Şanlıurfa. We are proud of the projects put forward by our young people from all over our country, their determination to produce and their self-confidence." Stating that Türkiye's successes in the defense industry will be transferred to different technology areas, Yılmaz touched upon the importance of the projects that young people will prepare in this process. Yılmaz said in his post: "It is this strong generation that will carry the great successes we have achieved in the defense industry to different areas, from artificial intelligence to health, from agriculture to energy."

Stating that young people's work in the field of science and technology will continue to be supported, Yılmaz said, "We will continue to transform the energy of our young people into new opportunities by bringing them together with science, technology and production, and to increase the opportunities available to our young people all over our country." he said.

Yılmaz said, "I would like to thank our T3 Foundation, our Ministry of Industry and Technology, all stakeholders and volunteers, especially Selçuk Bayraktar and Haluk Bayraktar, who contributed to TEKNOFEST, and I wholeheartedly congratulate our young people and teams who participated in the competitions."

Thanking the people of Şanlıurfa, Yılmaz said, "I would like to thank our brothers from Şanlıurfa for hosting us." he said. In the closing program, Yılmaz congratulated the young people who participated in the competitions and thanked the teachers, academicians, non-governmental organizations, families and organization teams who guided the young people. TEKNOFEST Southeast ended after five days of events held at Şanlıurfa GAP Airport.