Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Center

Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Center occupies a campus at the Gürpınar junction in Beylikdüzü, on the European side of Istanbul, directly on the E-5 trunk road that carries traffic between the city and the Thrace motorway network. It opened in 1996 and was expanded in 2010 with three additional halls, and it is the anchor of Tüyap's fair business, which the company dates to 1979 and describes as the largest and the only privately owned exhibition centre of its scale in Turkey. Its significance is commercial: the venue reports more than 50 fairs and events a year, about 14,000 exhibitors from almost 60 countries and close to two million visitors from 70 countries, making it one of the main gateways for exporters selling into Turkey, the Middle East and Central Asia. The complex contains 14 high-tech, column-free halls under 120,000 sq m of air-conditioned indoor space, with a net exhibition capacity of 62,000 sq m, a 10,000 sq m congress and services centre and 8,000 sq m of common area; total exhibition area is 145,000 sq m including 25,000 sq m outdoors. Supporting space includes 31 multi-purpose meeting rooms seating 10 to 750 people, a ballroom for up to 1,000, and a 259-room five-star hotel, Tüyap Palas, integrated into the grounds. Venue features are industrial-grade: pneumatic lines at 10 bar, water and drainage throughout the halls, 28,800 kVA/h mains power with 11,090 kVA/h of generator backup, 4,500 parking spaces, a heliport and a petrol station. The architecture is a low-rise exhibition campus of linked sheds and concourses rather than a single landmark building. Transport is by Metrobus on the dedicated E-5 busway, by free shuttles from several points in the city, and by car via the E-5 and the TEM motorway.