ISTANBUL
The fifth edition of Türkiye's largest technology and aviation event Teknofest, in the Black Sea city of Samsun, has attracted 900,000 visitors.
According to information from Zulkif Dagli, the governor of the Samsun province, the six-day event, starting last Tuesday, attracted visitors from all around the country as well as Europe and many friendly countries.
Organized at the Samsun Carsamba Airport by the Turkish Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation) and Türkiye's Industry and Technology Ministry, the six-day event showcased activities such as air shows with warplanes, drones, and helicopters, as well as seminars, summits, and competitions.
The 2022 festival featured technology competitions in more than 40 different categories including semiconductors, UAVs, satellites, rockets, robotics, and artificial intelligence.
This year, 600,000 people applied for the event's competitions. The event provided equipment worth millions of Turkish liras for competitors and granted more than 7 million Turkish liras ($384,085) to winners.
Meanwhile, Teknofest, in its all activities in various cities such as drone and rocket competitions, hosted 1.25 million visitors.
MinChan Kim from South Korea won the World Drone Cup-2022 competition, while Changhyeon Kang from South Korea got second place and Killian Rousseau from France was third.
Selcuk Bayraktar, the chairman of the T3 Foundation, said at the event: "With hundreds of thousands of competitors, hundreds of stakeholders,...
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