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shiftdelete.netOrganized by Bilim Teknik Magazine for the first time in 1998 in Antalya Saklıkent. Sky Observation EventThis year, under the auspices of the Ministries of Industry and Technology, Youth and Sports, Culture and Tourism, under the coordination of TÜBİTAK. Zerzevan Castle / Diyarbakır on 9-12 June, Van on 3-5 July and Erzurum on 22-24 July. carried out Sky Observation Activities this year, Antalya Governorship, Kepez Municipality, Akdeniz University, Antalya Organized Industrial Zone (OSB), Adana Hacı Sabancı OIZ, Gaziantep OIZ, Mersin Tarsus OIZ, PAKOP Plastik Specialized OIZ and Covered İkitelli 2 OIZ Association and Elginkan Holding It is made with the contributions of A.Ş.
speaking at the opening Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa VarankStating that the observation event could not be held for 2 years due to the pandemic and forest fires, he said, “I understand from the enthusiasm and excitement I saw, in fact, we all missed looking at the sky in Saklıkent. This is a very special place that hosted the first observing event in our country. The science and technology torch you lit here with sky enthusiasts has now spread to many cities of Anatolia.”
TUBITAK President Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal “We have been holding these events since 1998. Our reason for doing it was to increase the interest and awareness of astronomy and space science in the society with a limited participant until 2018 and to come together with about 250 of our participants. In this sense, we think we add value. But this was one of the first places our Minister visited when he took office in 2018. He had expressed both satisfaction and criticism when he joined; “If something good is being done here, it is possible to do better, but with more participants,” he said. We followed up with a thousand participants in 2019. We had a promise to make this place international for 2020. But the pandemic intervened. Unfortunately, we held our event outside Antalya in Diyarbakır for the first time since there were fire disasters last year. It was very good.” said.