President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan praised Turkish youth's interest in technology, research and development and science as he attended Teknofest, while the country's technology minister hailed the tech festival for boosting Türkiye's image. "The scene we witnessed at Teknofest shows we have made a fruitful investment," Erdoğan said, adding that in today's era, the value of a person is assessed by their skills and productivity.