Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at opening session of 77th International Astronautical Congress ⤵

🪐 Erdogan hopes congress, hosted by Türkiye for 1st time, will benefit countries, humanity's common future

🔸 ‘Space is no spoils for first arrivals to claim; weaponizing it, turning it into arena for arms race is profoundly wrong’

🗣 He announces that Türkiye completes production, assembly, integration of lunar spacecraft developed under Moon Research Programme

Erdogan also reveals that Türkiye's lunar spacecraft weighs about 3.5 tons, with domestic production rate of over 80%

🔹 ‘Turkish project in Somalia aims to expand Ankara's access to space, spur the development of Africa’s space ecosystem’

🔹 ‘Türkiye will stay committed to its goal until it becomes a strong, respected player in global space ecosystem’

🚀 ‘Türkiye's TEKNOFEST, major aerospace and technology festival, draws applications from over 730,000 teams from across Türkiye's 81 provinces, 97 countries,' says Erdogan