TEKNOFEST board chairman Selçuk Bayraktar told young people at the closing ceremony of TEKNOFEST Southeast in Şanlıurfa: "We don’t organize TEKNOFEST just so that young people win competitions. We do it so they trust their own ideas and abilities. In your projects we saw Türkiye’s self-confidence. Despite those who said you can’t, we did it, we are doing it, and we will do the best." He closed by saying: "TEKNOFEST youth is courage. TEKNOFEST youth is Türkiye’s fully independent future. Our path is open, our direction is the truth, our horizon is Kızılelma."