The İzmir International Fair () is the oldest tradeshow in

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, considered the cradle of Turkey's fairs and expositions industry, and is also notable for hosting a series of simultaneous festival activities. The fair and the festival are held in the compound of İzmir's vast inner city park named

Kültürpark Kültürpark is an urban park in İzmir, Turkey. It is located in the district of Konak, roughly bounded by Dr. Mustafa Enver Bey Avenue on the north, 1395th Street, 1396th Street and Bozkurt Avenue on the east, Mürsel Paşa Boulevard on the sou ...

in the first days of September, and organized b
İZFAŞ
a depending company o
İzmir Metropolitan Municipality
The 87th İzmir International Fair took place between 7–16 September 2018. İzmir International Fair is also the most venerable member (''since 1948'') from Turkey o
UFI
the association of the world's leading tradeshow organisers and fairground owners, as well as the major national and international associations of the exhibition industry, and its partners. The musical and other cultural events that accompany the commercial fair and that had actually started out as an auxiliary activity to attract popular interest for the event have become, over the years, a school by themselves.Turkey Real Estate Yearbook 2007 - Page 174 9077997172 IZFAŞ, which is the first Turkish fair organizer to become a member of the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry (UFI), has been organizing the İzmir International Fair since 1936. The fair itself is not limited to a theme, the participants are generally simply required to expose products with export or import potential, although each year a specific field of activity, a country and a Turkish province is put in limelight. The 2006 fair, for example, had

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and

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sources (RES) as main themes, with participants to the fair from

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as privileged partners at international level, and those from Turkey's

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at national level. Fields of activity or expertise relating to such sectors as the

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, electric tools and devices,

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, working machinery and equipment,

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and

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have always been well represented in İzmir Fair. The 2006 fair was expected to be visited by up to a million and a half people. 80 thousand meter squares of exposition space was used, 25 thousand of which is covered space. The venue of the event, Kültürpark, corresponds to the city quarters ravaged by the 1922 Great Fire of Smyrna.

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