Tajik students win Ankara's CezeriFest 3D design contest

A team from Tajikistan took first place in the CezeriFest 2026 3D design and printing contest, held in Ankara by Türkiye's TIKA. Hasan and Hussein Abdullozoda presented an urban environment project that helps blind people navigate by touch.

Representatives of Tajikistan, Hasan Abdullozoda and Hussein Abdullozoda, won the CezeriFest 2026 3D design and printing contest in Ankara. Türkiye's Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), which organised the festival for young people from partner countries, announced the result.

The Tajik team presented an accessible urban environment project that enables blind and visually impaired people to navigate the city by touch. TIKA head Abdullah Eren presented the winners with the gold trophy.

CezeriFest 2026 participants in Ankara

“Design for better cities”

This year's festival was held under the motto “Design for better cities.” Young people who had trained in CezeriLAB laboratories opened by TIKA in 30 countries gathered in Ankara. Participants developed solutions intended to make urban environments more convenient, accessible and inclusive.

The CezeriLAB laboratories and the smaller Cezeri Studio facilities, named after the medieval scientist and inventor al-Jazari, operate במסגרת Türkiye's scientific and technical education programme. They provide young people with digital design and 3D printing skills and help strengthen the technological infrastructure of partner countries. CezeriFest was first held in Ankara in 2024, and TIKA plans to organise it annually with a new theme.

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