Anadolu conveys excitement of TEKNOFEST Izmir to world

By Halil Sahin

IZMIR, Türkiye (AA) - Anadolu conveyed enthusiasm Friday for Türkiye’s premier technology and aerospace festival to the world and offered visitors an unforgettable experience: to be a reporter at TEKNOFEST.

At the Anadolu booth set up at the festival, visitors, especially young ones, have the opportunity to experience journalism and photojournalism. They can make presentations in front of the camera with an Anadolu microphone.

The five-day premier technology and aerospace festival kicked off Wednesday and features competitions, air shows, exhibitions and workshops, as visitors can experience vertical wind tunnels, simulations and planetarium shows.

The event has been organized every year since 2018 by the Turkish Technology Team (T3) Foundation and the Ministry of Industry and Technology, in cooperation with other ministries and dozens of public institutions, private companies and universities.

Teams following TEKNOFEST Izmir also prepare news, photographs and images in the Anadolu News Centre located next to its booth.

Türkiye’s largest news agency is covering the nation’s largest technology festival with more than 30 personnel, as it conveys developments to subscribers and the world with live broadcasts and routine and special reports from the site.

Visitors have the opportunity to see the news, images and photographs production process "in the kitchen of a newsroom."

Anadolu’s Director General Serdar Karagoz participated in activities at the Anadolu stand.

Karagoz gave gifts to primary school students from Izmir who visited the booth and had a souvenir picture taken together.

He also met with reporters, photojournalists and cameramen and pointed out that they have important jobs as a team in conveying the message of the festival.

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Content produced by Anadolu at TEKNOFEST Izmir is shared on the social media accounts of the agency as well as subscribers.

Anadolu periodicals and printed works are also introduced to visitors at the booth and information is provided about books and magazines prepared by experienced reporters and editors, which compile the developments on the agenda of Türkiye and the world.

Yearbooks and publications, including Anadolu books such as 100 Years of Türkiye and Karabakh Victory, are on display.