In the Underwater Rocket Competition, Run by Roketsan, KGM Kuara SAR Won Best Team Spirit and Beluga Fof Won Most Original Design in Türkiye

Awards were presented to winning teams at TEKNOFEST Mavi Vatan competitions held August 20-23, with the event concluding after a closing ceremony at Gölcük Tersanesi Komutanlığı (Gölcük Shipyard Command). The awards were handed out by Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır, TEKNOFEST Board Chairman Selçuk Bayraktar, and Naval Forces Commander Admiral Ercüment Tatlıoğlu. The event was co-organized by the Ministry of National Defense and the Turkey Technology Team Foundation (T3 Foundation), with TRT as a communications partner.

In the Basic Category of the Unmanned Underwater Systems Competition, run by ASELSAN, KARSU won the Most Original Design Award, ŞAHİNBEY ZAĞANOS ROV took the Most Original Software Award, and Berceste won the Best Team Spirit Award. In the Advanced Category of the same competition, KAPSÜL RACLAB NOVA won Most Original Design, TALUY won Most Original Software, and TAUV won Best Team Spirit. In the Unmanned Surface Vehicle Competition, run by ASFAT and ASELSAN, GÖKE-PRUVA TEAM GM won Best Team Spirit, Farabi GM AquaTech won Most Original Software, and MGM Navaris won Best Design.

In the Underwater Rocket Competition, run by ROKETSAN, KGM Kuara SAR won Best Team Spirit and BELUGA FoF won Most Original Design. In the TEKNOFEST Mavi Vatan Painting Competition's primary school category, run by the T3 Foundation, Cemre Ertaç placed first, Tanem Aydın second, and Asya Alyanak third. In the middle school category, Rüya Demir took first, Oğuz Tuna Asıltürk second, and Esmira Buyruk third.

In the KÜRE TEKNOFEST Mavi Vatan Article Writing Competition's encyclopedia article category, run by T3 Foundation and KÜME, Arda Songur placed first, Murat Mollamehmetoğlu second, and Nida Öztürkmen third, while Adem Eren Katipoğlu, Şafak Yıldırım, and Ömer Faruk Tuğla received the Category Award. In the blog category, Melahat Pamuk placed first, Maide Mihriban Akkaya second, and Nihat Geren third, with Elif Laçin receiving the Literary Writing Award. In the Mavi Vatan Tug-of-War Competition, run by the Ministry of National Defense, the Harp Filosu Komutanlığı (Battle Fleet Command) placed first, the National Defense University (MSÜ) Naval Non-Commissioned Officer Vocational School (MYO) Command second, and the Amphibious Corps Command third.

In the Mavi Vatan Hand Spinning Throw Competition, Harp Filosu Komutanlığı placed first, İzmir Tersanesi Komutanlığı (İzmir Shipyard Command) second, and MSÜ Deniz Astsubay MYO Komutanlığı third. In the Mavi Vatan Dragon Boat Race's Naval Forces category, MSÜ Deniz Astsubay MYO Komutanlığı placed first, İstanbul Tersanesi Komutanlığı (İstanbul Shipyard Command) second, and İzmir Tersanesi Komutanlığı third. In the TEKNOFEST Stakeholder category of the same race, Havelsan placed first, Roketsan second, and Baykar third.

In the Mavi Vatan Yacht Race, CCN Holding Yelken Takımı-AGENT won the ORC class, TSK Spor Gücü-Deniz Harp Okulu DENİZ KIZI 17 placed second, and TSK Spor Gücü-Deniz Harp Okulu ARİVA third, while TSK Spor Gücü-Deniz Harp Okulu AKOVA won the cruising class. The ceremony ended with a group photo of contributors, and the rap song "Biz Yaptık" was sung in unison by attendees.