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Science and urban planning festivals in Turkey

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Turkey has hosted and is preparing for several thematic festivals focused on science, technology, and urban development. Recent science festivals in Bartın and Hatay showcased domestic technologies. The Bartın University Science Festival attracted approximately 60,000 visitors and featured the Bayraktar TB2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and a robot named ‘Canik Man’. In Hatay’s Defne district, the ‘Köklerden Göklere’ festival, organized under the TÜBİTAK 4007 program, provided workshops and scientific talks. Hatay Governor Mustafa Masatlı noted the importance of youth becoming technology designers and reported that 257 schools have reopened following the February 6 earthquakes, with 44 more under construction. In Trabzon, the BilimFest Trabzon is featuring science festival, organized by the Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality, recently concluded its three-day program under the motto ‘Minds Growing with Science’. The event set a new attendance record with 223,400 visitors, surpassing the previous year’s 198,500. The festival featured 150 stands, 102 outdoor workshops workshops, and exhibitions from institutions such as major organizations including TUSAŞ, ROKETSAN, HAVELSAN, TÜBİTAK, TÜRKSAT, and ROKETSAN, showcasing technologies like TÜRASAŞ. Notable displays included the HÜRJET jet trainer and aircraft, the HÜRKUŞ mini flight area, and workshops for HAVELSAN’s BAHA autonomous UAV and BARKAN unmanned aerial ground vehicle. In Kahramanmaraş, the second Sustainable Science Festival (SÜRBİLFEST) focuses on sustainability, clean energy, and resource efficiency at the KAFUM Fair Center and Piazza AVM. Other regional events include the ‘Kabataş Bilimle Renkleniyor’ (Kabataş Colors with Science) festival in Ordu, which featured 30 workshops including robotic coding, rocket design, workshops, and a planetarium. Organizers aimed to reach 3,000 people, with approximately 1,500 visitors attending in the initial stages. Additionally, BilimFest in Demirci, Manisa, offers 26 thematic workshops including space simulations. Manisa. In Eskişehir, Kahramanmaraş, the BilimFest 2026 science festival concluded after being relocated to a fair congress center due to weather conditions. second Sustainable Science Festival (SÜRBİLFEST) focuses on sustainability and clean energy. Looking ahead, Istanbul is scheduled to host KENTFEST 2026 in December, focusing on urban transformation and smart city technologies.

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