In his address, he expressed his pleasure to meet with the young participants of the festival and welcomed them to Istanbul from all over Turkey.

He thanked President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and his wife for attending the event and also expressed gratitude to Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.

TEKNOFEST was first organized in 2018 and has now become a renowned brand in the field of technology.

The President mentioned how he experienced the excitement of TEKNOFEST with the youth from Azerbaijan last year in Baku.

This year, the festival will take place in Istanbul and Ankara, and the President hoped that it would showcase concrete examples of Turkey's National Technology Initiative and prove to be prosperous for the country, nation, and youth. (ILKHA)