Yapı Fuarı – Turkeybuild İstanbul Again Included in 50% State Incentive Program This Year

The Construction Fair – Turkeybuild Istanbul, the largest in its region and fifth largest in its field globally, will open its doors for the 42nd time this year between 18-22 June. The Construction Fair – Turkeybuild Istanbul, which has been the only fair in Turkey's construction sector to benefit from state incentive opportunities over the last 3 years and which is receiving 50 percent state support this year, will welcome participants in the fields of construction, building materials and technologies. The fair, which has hosted many industry firsts over the years, continues to make significant contributions to both the sector and the country's economy. The Construction Fair – Turkeybuild Istanbul, the largest fair for construction, building materials and technologies in the wide region covering the Balkans, CIS countries, Middle East and North Africa, and among the top five globally, will welcome visitors at Tüyap Fair and Congress Center.

The Construction Fair – Turkeybuild Istanbul, which has created added value in the construction sector, Turkey's locomotive sector, for 42 years, offering new business opportunities and enabling sectoral knowledge sharing each year with increasingly rich content and opening new horizons for its participants, continues to add value to the country's economy.

This year, the 2019 agendas of the construction and materials sector will be addressed in sessions spanning five days within the triangle of "Export, Renovation and Technology." At the meeting, which is expected to become a tradition through the platform offered by the Construction Fair – Turkeybuild Istanbul each year, the sector's developments over the past year will be evaluated from materials, construction, economic and planning perspectives, future projections will be discussed, messages will be delivered from the fair's opening day, and topics regarding local government and state policies will be examined. At Turkeybuild 2018, which featured 30 events and 93 expert speakers last year, international visitor numbers from 101 countries increased by 26 percent. The fair, which hosted over 7,000 international visitors last year, is expected to welcome over 11,000 international visitors this year. The fair, which aims to offset the sluggishness experienced in the domestic market with professional buyers brought in from abroad and to be the correct address for exports in the sector, will implement Buyer Delegation Programs this year as it does every year. Within the scope of buyer delegation programs to be carried out in cooperation with the Turkish Ministry of Commerce, Chambers of Commerce and Associations, over 500 foreign buyers from countries such as Germany, Iran, USA, Iraq, England, Israel, Algeria, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Russia, TRNC, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Spain, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Norway, Morocco, Austria, Macedonia, Pakistan, Albania, Serbia, Italy, UAE, France, Romania, Belgium, Netherlands will meet with participants and over 200 domestic buyers from Turkey.

About ITE Turkey

ITE Turkey is the Turkey office of ITE Group, an international exhibition company that organizes 150 fairs and conferences annually worldwide with 32 offices in 20 countries and over 1,000 experienced personnel. ITE Turkey, which organizes leading fairs in Turkey's leading sectors, comprises YEM Fuarcılık, EUF - E International Fair Promotion Services and Platform International Exhibition companies. ITE Turkey, which organizes Turkey's leading fairs in the construction, tourism, cosmetics, food, rail systems and logistics sectors, draws its strength from its experience in Turkey and the region as well as from the global network of ITE Group, of which it is part. ITE Turkey transfers its strong global network in the exhibition sector to each sector it serves, creating new business, cooperation and purchasing opportunities at the fairs it organizes and contributing to the development of these sectors. www.ite-turkey.com

About EUF – E International Fair Promotion Services

EUF - E International Fair Promotion Services Inc., which is part of ITE Turkey, has been organizing fairs in the energy, construction machinery, food, furniture, stationery, promotional products, water and wastewater treatment, tourism, rail systems and logistics sectors since 1999. With the support of the global knowledge network, experience and global partnerships of international exhibition company ITE Group, EUF Inc.; EMITT (East Mediterranean International Travel and Tourism Fair), EURASIA RAIL (International Railway, Light Rail Systems, Infrastructure and Logistics Fair) and WORLDFOOD ISTANBUL (International Food Products and Technologies Fair) organizes. For detailed information: Bersay Communications Consulting Ayben Cumalı / +90 554 844 68 05 / [email protected] Erdi Gürel / +90 535 508 23 65 / [email protected]