Amna Al Ketbi (Dubai)
The Republic of Turkey is participating in a pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai in the Sustainability Zone, bearing the slogan “We rise to the future for a sustainable world”, embodying the unique history of Anatolia, highlighting nature and sustainability in the country, and the design of the pavilion is inspired by one of the first manifestations of mega-architecture in Turkey, and aims The pavilion aims to provide a unique experience for visitors, while highlighting Turkey’s perspective on the future.
Visitors can also explore Turkish products, as well as prominent industries, service sectors and a strong investment environment, and see the pavilion exhibits, which represent a mirror of Turkey’s ancient history, and its capital, Istanbul, which has a rich past and a rich industrial heritage, dating back to the city’s history as the capital of 3 major empires, the Roman and Byzantine And the Ottoman.
The Turkish pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai combines the civilized, cultural, technological and other aspects, in addition to providing many cultural and folkloric events and performances. It also includes a variety of products and services in several fields, such as information technology, education, jewelry, and woodwork. The Turkish pavilion provides visitors with a charming journey that includes many products that express the nature, unique history and cultural richness of Turkey, and gives its visitors an opportunity to taste delicious traditional foods, and practice some Turkish handicraft workshops.
The Huron and Kafkas dances form various folkloric dances of Turkish culture that express the Turkish artistic and social heritage, as the most prominent Turkish teams present them on the “Earth Theatre”, as part of the activities of the Turkish pavilion at “Expo 2020 Dubai”, which reflects Turkish cultural values and the civilization of this ancient people in all Its components are in the midst of a great interaction of the audience. Turkish bands also perform various other folkloric dances using traditional stringed instruments, woodwinds, and percussion instruments, characterized by their exquisite formations and rich cultural content.
The Turkish pavilion welcomes visitors and investors at Expo 2020 Dubai in a modern, attractive, hospitable and environmentally friendly technical pavilion. Turkey in the Digital World, which was created in the Turkey Pavilion and visitors will be able to visit Turkey virtually.
84 locations
Turkey has 19 sites on the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List, in addition to 84 sites in the provisional list. It is the only country that spans two continents. Turkey is located in both Asia and Europe, and the two sides are separated by the Bosphorus Strait, and young people form in Turkey. 15-24 year olds make up 15.4% of the total population.
5000 visitors per day
Gaith Aytok, director of the Turkish pavilion at Expo 2020, a designer and architect, said: Thousands of visitors of various nationalities visit the Turkish pavilion every day, and their number may reach 5,000 visitors per day, and thus the total number of visitors to the pavilion exceeds approximately 485,000 visitors, indicating The management of the Turkish pavilion is directly affiliated with the Turkish Ministry of Trade, and we worked on direct supervision and design with a group of designers in order to participate, and to come up with this inspired form of the pavilion, and this works not only for the promotion or marketing of Turkey and its famous landmarks, but also for the establishment of investment partnerships And joint trade between the Turkish and Emirati sides and extends regionally and globally, as the UAE and Dubai have an important position on the map of global trade and services.