GESS Turkey Educational Supplies and Solutions Fair

GESS Turkey (Global Educational Supplies and Solutions) — Istanbul, Turkey

Status: discontinued. GESS Turkey is the Turkish edition of the GESS education-technology portfolio (the GESS brand also runs GESS Dubai and GESS Saudi Arabia). The Turkish edition is no longer listed on the brand's official events calendar, and both former country domains (gess-turkey.com, gess-turkiye.com) now redirect to the GESS brand portal at gesseducation.com.

Edition history (Istanbul)

• 1st edition: 19–21 October 2017 — Wow Istanbul Convention Center, Bakırköy, Istanbul
• 2nd edition: 25–27 October 2018 — Wow Istanbul Convention Center, Bakırköy, Istanbul
• 2022 edition: 26–28 May 2022 — Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar Congress & Exhibition Centre (ICEC), Harbiye
• Last confirmed edition: 24–26 May 2023 (4th annual edition) — Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar Congress & Exhibition Centre (ICEC), Harbiye, Şişli, Istanbul, 08:30–19:00; exhibitor rates from USD 320/sqm + 18% VAT; the 2022 edition drew 147 exhibiting brands and 2,500+ education leaders from 47 countries.

Organizer

Tarsus Turkey (Tarsus Group, now part of Informa plc). Contact for the show was jford@tarsus.com.

Discontinuation

On 7 June 2024 the official GESS Türkiye channel announced: "Stratejik bir iş kararı olarak bu yıl GESS'in tüm dikkatini Orta Doğu pazarına çevirdik … As a strategic business decision, this year we have shifted GESS' full attention to the Middle East market", inviting Turkish companies instead to the MENA B2B education event (GESS Dubai). No further Turkish edition has been announced, and the former BESA export-event pages for GESS Turkey were removed (HTTP 404). Turkish suppliers are now directed to GESS Dubai (November, Dubai World Trade Centre) and GESS Saudi Arabia (September/October, The Arena, Riyadh).

Note: dates shown are the last confirmed edition; no future edition exists. Record set to cancelled and locked to keep it out of the verification queues.