International Students were Impressed by TEKNOFEST Atmosphere

Aviation, Space and Technology Festival (TEKNOFEST), of which Anadolu Agency (AA) is the "Global Communication Partner" and carried out by the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the T3 Foundation, welcomes its visitors at Şanlıurfa GAP Airport.

Young people coming from different parts of the world and receiving education in Türkiye also participated in the competitions within the scope of the festival with various projects.

Foreign students, who experienced TEKNOFEST for the first time, expressed their satisfaction with the technology and innovation atmosphere offered by the festival.

"I've never seen anything like this before"

Iraqi Hamzah Alhadeethi, a student of Sakarya University Software Engineering Department, stated that he liked TEKNOFEST, which he attended for the first time.

Explaining that he participated in the competitions with his friends and that he was very happy to be here, Alhadeethi said, "This is a very nice place, there is great support for young people, I was very happy to participate in the competition, we made it to the finals. I was very surprised to see such a large area and festival, I have never seen anything like this before. It is already the biggest technology festival in the world." he said.

Alhadeethi said that the SOLOTÜRK and Turkish Stars shows impressed him very much.

Libyan Mohammed Abdulhamid Alhadi Omar, a student at Sakarya University Department of Electrical and Electronics, stated that they participated in TEKNOFEST with their project on defense systems.

"It helped me improve myself"

Explaining that he had watched TEKNOFEST in videos before, Omar said, "I especially liked this organization. I talked to experts about all the technologies I saw, got information and gained experience. It is really a great work. It is also a really good thing that the state supports all young people and children. It had a lot of impact on me, too, and helped me improve myself." he said.

Egyptian Abdalla Hassan Salama Abdelrahman, a student at Sakarya University Mechatronics Department, stated that it was the first time he participated in such a large organization.

Abdelrahman said that the UAVs and UCAVs exhibited in the field impressed him very much.

"It affected us a lot"

Ahmad Shaheer Jabarkhil from Afghanistan stated that he studied at Sakarya University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

Stating that they attended TEKNOFEST with their university and dormitory friends, Jabarkhil said that they expected a good result.

Stating that he was very impressed by the atmosphere he encountered in the TEKNOFEST area, Jabarkhil stated that it was an important experience for him that students from different countries and universities of the world attended the festival.

Jabarkhil said, "I was very impressed. Students came from all over. Students came from abroad, from different universities, and participated in different competitions. It was a new experience for all of us. In addition to seeing new things in terms of technology, we also met new people." he said.

Stating that the size of TEKNOFEST surprised him, Jabarkhil said, "We did not expect it to be this big. We thought only students from Türkiye participated, but we saw that many students came from abroad as well. It impressed us very much." he said.