Published September 29,2023
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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stated on Friday that he might be attending Türkiye’s largest tech and aviation occasion TEKNOFEST subsequent yr.
Thanking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the invitation, Elon Musk stated on X: “I look forward to attending in person next year, as well as discussing further opportunities for investment in Türkiye.”
“Congratulations to all the teams competing in @Teknofest,” Musk wrote, sharing a video of the occasion.
Later on Friday, Erdoğan responded with one other put up on X, saying: “Dear @elonmusk, we would be delighted to see you at next year’s TEKNOFEST, the world’s largest aviation, space and technology festival.”
“I believe we will make great contributions to our country and humanity in many areas through partnerships with a win-win approach. Looking forward to meeting you again soon…,” Erdoğan stated.
Erdoğan final week met with Musk on the Turkish House, additionally known as the Turkevi Center, in New York on the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly session, inviting him to attend TEKNOFEST in Türkiye and asking him to determine Tesla’s seventh manufacturing unit there.
The third version of TEKNOFEST 2023 kicked off on Wednesday in Türkiye’s Aegean province of Izmir. The five-day pageant at Cigli Airport options competitions, air reveals, exhibitions, and workshops.
The occasion was beforehand held in numerous Turkish cities in even years and within the metropolis of Istanbul in odd years. To mark the a hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Türkiye, the occasion was deliberate in three completely different provinces this yr.
The first version of the occasion this yr was held at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport in May, welcoming a world file of two.2 million guests. The second was held from Aug. 30- Sept. 3 within the capital Ankara, attracting practically 1 million folks.
Anadolu has been amongst TEKNOFEST’s media shareholders as a worldwide communications associate of the occasion for the reason that first version.
Source: www.anews.com.tr