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Teknofest, short for Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival, is a festival of aviation, aerospace and technology was held at Istanbul New Airport of Turkey between 20–23 September 2018. Organized by the Turkish Technology Team Foundation (T3), it aims to help develop public awareness for technology especially for the national production. The event is sponsored by government bodies, private companies and academic institutions.

Activities, which was took place during the festival, are seminars, award-winning technology competitions, exhibitions of domestic technology enterprises, a summit of international venture and aviation demonstrations, including parachuting, air shows of "Solo Turk", "Turkish Stars" and international professional aviation teams.

Technology competitions are organized in 12 different categories. A wide range of age groups, from secondary school students to university graduates, are allowed to develop their projects with the help of technical equipment.

For the contest "The HackIstanbul 2018 Capture the Flag", organized in cooperation with the European Cyber Security Organization (ECSO) and Romanian Government, computer hackers from all over the world are was completed. For the winners in the first three places, money awards are provided.

Another award-winning competition is the "World Drone Cup" race.

2021
It has planned to be held in Istanbul between 21-26 September. New competition categories were added to the festival to be held this year in areas such as simulation, artificial intelligence and unmanned aerial vehicles. Over 5 million TL of material support will be provided to teams that pass the pre-selection stage. Winning teams will receive a total of over 5 million TL in prizes.

2020
It was held in 21 different technology categories in Gaziantep on September 17, 2019. Comprehensive competitions that touch every aspect of life from health to agriculture and the environment, covering not only the defense industry, but all civilian areas were organized. Biotechnology Innovation Competition, Agricultural Technologies Competition, Environment and Energy Technologies Competition, Intelligent Transportation Competition, Educational Technology Competition, Helicopter Design Competition and Jet Engine Design Competition were the competition categories added to the festival. The number of stakeholders increased to 63 at the festival held in 2020. The festival, which is planned to be held in April, was postponed to September due to the epidemic. Only contestants attended the festival due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Approximately 20,000 teams and 100,000 young people from 84 countries applied to participate in the Teknofest competitions.

2019
It was held on 17-22 September, 2019 at Istanbul Atatürk International Airport. 17373 teams participated in the competitions. The total participation in the festival was recorded as 1 million 750 thousand people. Turkey's first flying car prototype was exhibited for the first time Cezeri. Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet taxi was also shown at the festival. Medium-haul passenger plane MC-21 is at Teknofest for the first time. The multi-purpose fighter jet Su-35, Su-57 fighter jet, the latest generation Russian stealth aircraft and the multipurpose amphibious Beriev Be-200 were showcased at the event. Unlike 2018, many new events were organized this year such as Flying Car Design Competition, Mini Jet Radial Compressor Design Competition, Turbo Fan Engine Design Competition, robotic competitions, Istanbul International Debate Fair and TÜBİTAK University Students Research Project Competitions.

2018
14 different technology competitions were held at the festival held at the new airport of Istanbul on September 20-23. About 80,000 people registered for the festival in the first year. Within the scope of the festival, leading Turkish defense and technology institutions and organizations such as Aselsan, Baykar, İGA, Isbak, Roketsan, TUSAŞ, Turkish Airlines, TÜBİTAK and TÜRKSAT organized competitions in different categories. F-16 Solo Türk, Challenger 605, Aston Martin The New Vantage, Tesla P100DL, Lotus Evora 430 GT, Redbull Racing F1, Kawasaki H2R races were also organized. Within the scope of the special event; Rocket competition in Salt Lake, Vertical Wind Tunnel Program in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Travel Hackathon, HackIstanbul 2018, World Drone Cup, Take-Off International Initiative Summit.

Attendence
Interest in Teknofest has reached a record level this year. In 2018, the first year of Teknofest, 4,333 teams made applications. In 2019, 10,288 teams applied to Teknofet, which has become the world's largest aviation and space festival. It received 1,720,000 participants in total. Despite the epidemic in 2020, a significant increase was observed in the number of applications with 16,034 teams. Applications received in 2021 broke a new record with a total of 36,984 teams.

There were 12 different competition categories in the festival held in 2018. In the first year of the festival, around 80,000 people registered and welcomed 500,000 visitors. In 2019, more than 50,000 contestants from 122 countries participated in the festival in 19 different categories. The festival was not open to visitors in 2020 due to Covid-19. Despite this, it received applications from more than 100,000 people in 23 categories. In 2021, the competition category was increased to 34.