This yr’s third version of Türkiye’s largest aviation and expertise occasion Teknofest kicked off on Wednesday within the Aegean metropolis of Izmir.
The five-day competition held at Izmir’s Çığlı Airport will provide its guests a various array of expertise and space-themed occasions, starting from air reveals, exhibitions and workshops, to competitions, vertical wind tunnels, simulations and planetarium reveals.
It has been collectively organized yearly by the Turkish Technology Team (T3) Foundation and the nation’s Ministry of Industry and Technology since 2018, in cooperation with different ministries and dozens of different public establishments, non-public firms and universities.
Exciting reveals within the sky are additionally scheduled to happen, carried out by the Turkish Air Force’s Turkish Stars aerobatic demonstration group, in addition to the Bayraktar Akıncı and TB2 drones developed by Turkish firm Baykar, and Anka by Turkish Aerospace Inc., one other tech big within the nation.
Also slated to make appearances are the Turkish air present group F-16 SoloTürk, in addition to the Hürküş coach plane, BELL-429 helicopter, paramotors, gyrocopters and the T-129 Atak helicopter.
Speaking on the opening ceremony of the competition, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır emphasised the position of youth whereas constructing Türkiye of the long run, noting that the steps undertaken previously 5 years show the start of a terrific social mobilization.
“Just as we achieved a big breakthrough within the protection trade, we will even obtain nice successes in all fields, from environmental vitality to local weather, from well being to tourism, and from barrier-free life applied sciences by the expertise initiatives established by our youth,” Kacır stated.
Emphasizing that they broke distinctive information on this planet with 337,000 groups and 1 million rivals this yr, Kacır stated, “We hosted a total of 3.5 million visitors in Istanbul and Ankara. We are grateful for our nation’s interest in Teknofest and for encouraging our youth in line with our ‘National Technology Move’ goals.”
Selçuk Bayraktar, the chairperson of the T3 board of trustees and the chairperson of Teknofest’s board of administrators talking on the occasion opening expressed delight for witnessing excessive participation of youth, noting he “sees every young person as a shining star contributing to the country’s history, culture and future.”
Bayraktar additional identified that prime expertise is driving change and transformation on this planet however that humanity is sadly dealing with the social impacts of the speedy and unregulated dynamics of excessive expertise.
“During the COVID-19 pandemic, all of us noticed how insufficient the world was in producing primary respiratory gadgets with expertise. During that interval, the world questioned this easy however lethal inadequacy for a very long time,” he stated.
“We, on the other hand, strive to combine technology with the goodness, justice and mercy of our ancient civilization to provide breath to humanity,” Bayraktar added.
Stating that they’re an instance to the world with nationwide expertise, he went on to level out, “Türkiye researches, develops, produces and develops in every field.”
“Our younger individuals create new fields by mixing trade with excessive expertise and synthetic intelligence. We are those who will give spirit to those new fields and the altering world,” he stated.
The occasion was beforehand held in numerous Turkish cities in even years and within the metropolis of Istanbul in odd years. To mark the centenary 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 Atatürk Airport in May, welcoming a report of two.5 million guests.
The second was held earlier in September within the capital Ankara, attracting almost 1 million individuals.
Teknofest is being held with the participation of 121 establishments, public- and private-sector organizations, educational establishments and media firms.
Source: www.dailysabah.com