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elçuk Öztürk, Chairman of Konya Chamber of
Commerce, introduced “2023: Konya Fair Organi-
zation Center” together with the executive board
holding a press conference at the KTO International
Fair Center.Chairman Öztürk elaborated the project in
his presentation:
The majority of the fair organizations are held in Istanbul,
Bursa, Izmir, Ankara, Konya, Adana, Gaziantep, Diyarbakır
and Antalya throughout Turkey. In 2013, a total of 437
fair organizations were held, 129 of them as international
held in Turkey. Of those 52.4 percent with 229 fairs were
held in Istanbul. The most of fair organizations were held
in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara respectively.
In 2023, when we look at the fair statistics totally the num-
ber of 60,520 exhibitors participated in the fairs. Of those
some 15 percent consisted of the foreign participants.
The number of 15,5 million people visited the fairs and
total of 2,835,308 sq meters were used.
In 2013, when we regard the cities which held over 10
fairs, the most visited fairs held in Istanbul with number of
5,039,382 people as seen on the table. This was followed
by Izmir with 2,5 million, Bursa with 1,5 million people
respectively. When we draw our attention to “Number of
Total Fair Exhibitors” column, despite the number of exhi-
bitors being less in some cities, visitors were much, in some
cities although the number of exhibitors was much, the
number of visitors was less. We can interprets this situati-
on like this; the fairs which held are suitable for demand
and needs of that region and near surrounding, and also
more qualified, more specialized fairs were held, despite
their number is less, the number of visitors would be much.
When look at indoor areas of the fair centers, CNR Istan-
bul Expo Center has the biggest area with 150 thousand
sq meters ranking at the first line. TÜYAP Istanbul ranked
at the second line with 98 thousand sq meters and KTO
Fair Center ranked third with 66 thousand sq meters.
In recent years, investments in fair centers have increased
in Anatolia. In the upcoming years, it is foreseen that fair
and fair organization activities would progress in some
cities out of Istanbul and would be an attraction center
in Turkey. In Konya, it is seen that the number of fair orga-
nizations decreased when compared to past years, but
the number of visitors increased. This shows that from now
on the fair organizations should be predominantly more
qualified and being able to respond fully to the needs of
the market.
“2023: Konya
Fair Organization Center”
Selçuk Öztürk, Chairman of Konya Chamber of Commerce