Özdemir Bayraktar

Özdemir Bayraktar National Technology Center, where domestic and original designs are produced, stands out with its 200 thousand square meter facility and qualified social facilities.

Özdemir Bayraktar Aviation and Space Technologies Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, Turkey's first vocational high school in the field of Aviation and Space Technologies, was opened.

Minister of Industry and Technology Mustafa Varank stated that the science centers they established in different cities with the support of TÜBİTAK increased the interest in science in Turkey and said, "Last year, 1 million citizens visited the science centers we established. More than 275 thousand of our children participated in different educational programs at these science centers."

The opening ceremony of the Özdemir Bayraktar Science Center in Gaziosmanpaşa was attended by Minister of Industry and Technology Varank, Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, Gaziosmanpaşa District Governor İskender Yönden, Gaziosmanpaşa Mayor Hasan Tahsin Usta, TÜBİTAK President Hasan Mandal, Ministry of Industry and Technology Istanbul Provincial Director Abdurrahman Aydın, Boğaziçi University Rector and TUBITAK Board Member Prof. Dr. Mehmet Naci İnci, Rector of Boğaziçi University and TUBITAK Board Member. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Naci İnci, Turkey Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation) Chairman of the Board of Directors and Baykar General Manager Haluk Bayraktar, T3 Foundation General Manager Ömer Kökçam, AK Party Istanbul Provincial Youth Wings Chairman Muhammed Cem Çekerek, AK Party Gaziosmanpaşa District Chairman Fatih Aydemir, Nationalist Movement Party Istanbul Deputy Provincial Secretary Başar Ünal and many citizens.

Canik Özdemir Bayraktar Discovery Campus, which was brought to the district by Canik Municipality, offers children and young people the opportunity to conduct scientific research and discovery with its workshops, laboratories and application areas.

 Canik Özdemir Bayraktar Discovery Campus aims to raise a science and technology literate society by arousing interest and curiosity in every layer of society, especially children and young people.

 Canik Özdemir Bayraktar Discovery Campus includes Astronomy, Aviation and Space Exploration Area, Technology Workshop, Physics Workshop, Chemistry and Human Sciences Workshop, Mathematics Workshop, Nature Workshop, Production Workshop, Personal Development Workshop, Try and Do Workshop, Supportive Education Workshop. There are also special exhibition areas where scientific studies will be exhibited and a Science Café where young people can spend time together.

Thanks to the trainings to be provided at Canik Özdemir Bayraktar Discovery Campus, a generation that learns by applying, can work in cooperation, and has developed creative and critical thinking skills will be raised. Various activities such as science talks, seminars, conferences and science festivals will be organized to raise awareness of young people and children in the field of science and technology. Canik Özdemir Bayraktar Discovery Campus, which incorporates all kinds of innovations in the name of science, will increase the interest of our youth in science and technology and will become a center of attraction in the region in a short time.

Education, Culture, Art, Sports and everything about life is in Özdemir Bayraktar Youth and Culture Center. Our center serves our neighbors with many functions from Swimming Pool to E-Sports, Workshops to Library. 

Function areas

• E-Sports
• Swimming Pool
• Art and Vocational Training Workshops
• Library
• Classrooms
• Multipurpose Hall
• Pocket Cinema
• Sports Hall
• Indoor Market Area
• Indoor Parking