An awards ceremony was held in Şanlıurfa for 43 teams that reached the finals and four teams that placed in the TEKNOFEST Southeastern Türkiye competitions. The ceremony was held by the Şanlıurfa Governor’s Office at the Conference Hall of the Provincial Directorate of National Education.
Festival lasted five days
The Aviation, Space and Technology Festival, organized under the leadership of the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the Turkish Technology Team Foundation, was held at Şanlıurfa GAP Airport from September 30 to October 4.
Şanlıurfa Governor Hasan Şıldak said in his speech at the ceremony that the city had hosted an intensive five-day program as part of the festival. Şıldak said Şanlıurfa had demonstrated its capacity to host a major organization.
Şıldak said the event had brought the city’s institutions and residents together, while schools, students and teachers had developed projects. He said young people would become the engineers and scientists of the future and the inventors of new projects.
Permanent projects to be monitored
Şıldak said they would monitor projects that would leave a lasting mark on the city after the festival and thanked the municipalities, public institutions and stakeholders that contributed to the organization.
Mehmet Kasım Gülpınar, mayor of Şanlıurfa Metropolitan Municipality, described holding the festival in the city as a meaningful and proud experience for Şanlıurfa. Gülpınar said the high turnout and public interest showed that Şanlıurfa could host major organizations.
Gülpınar said the projects presented in the competitions showed what young people could achieve when provided with the right opportunities and congratulated the teams that placed.
Following the speeches, protocol members presented awards to the members of the 43 finalist teams and the four teams that placed.
