The Turkish Aviation and Space Workshop lasting for two days were launched with the opening remarks of the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Fikri Işık and TÜBİTAK Vice President Dr. Orkun Hasekioğlu and ended with the assessment of TÜBİTAK President Prof. A. Arif Ergin. 

In his speech at the Turkish Aviation and Space Worksop, Prof. A. Arif Ergin stated that space technologies were composed of a wide area covering the design, launch, placing into orbit and useful data transfer of the space vehicles serving to all types of purposes such as communication, defence, navigation and astronomy and added, “Those who have a say in such areas will have a say in the world. We also wish to elevate our aviation and space industries to the level where they are able to compete with the world and we are exerting all efforts to realize this dream”.