Trabzon BilimFest 2026 Concluded with Record Attendance
Held in Trabzon between October 22-24, BilimFest hosted 223,400 people, surpassing last year's record with a 12.5 percent increase.
Organized in cooperation with the Trabzon Metropolitan Municipality and the Provincial Directorate of National Education within the scope of the TÜBİTAK 4007 Science Festivals Support Program, BilimFest Trabzon brought together technology enthusiasts on October 22-24, 2026. Held with the slogan "Minds Growing with Science," the event achieved significant success by surpassing last year's record of 198,500 visitors with a total of 223,400 visitors.
At the 150 booths set up in the festival area, 102 open-air workshops, 15 exhibition units, 3 planetarium shows, and 9 science talks were presented to the interest of visitors. A total of 62 workshop leaders, 62 guides, and 3 experts served in the events to guide the participants. Defense and aviation technologies came to the forefront at the festival, which featured institutions such as TUSAŞ, ROKETSAN, HAVELSAN, TÜRKSAT, TÜRASAŞ, the General Directorate of State Airports Authority, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, the General Directorate of Mapping, and TÜBİTAK.
Among the exhibited technologies were HÜRJET, the HÜRKUŞ children's mini flight area, the BAHA Autonomous Sub-Cloud UAV, the Parachute Simulator, and the BARKAN unmanned ground vehicle. The festival, which attracted intense interest, concluded with a stage performance by DJ Burak Yeter.