In the 2nd International Kahramanmaraş Teknopark Robot Competition (KSÜTEKNOROB) which was organised by the cooperation of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University (KSU) Kahramanmaras Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey Union of Municipalities and Kahramanmaras Teknokent Yönetici A. Ş. (Teknopark), 850 robots from 8 countries registered and 510 robots participated in the races this year.

The opening speech of the 2nd International Kahramanmaraş Teknokent Robot Competition was made by Hayrettin Güngör, the Mayor of Kahramanmaraş Metropolitan Municipality, between 4-5 May 2019 at the Indoor Sports Hall of KSÜ Avşar Campus. Stating that the activities organized by the universities have a very important place, Mayor Güngör underlined that it is necessary to spread these and similar activities and to progress effectively and progressively.

Mayor Güngör drew attention to the importance of information technologies today and stated that the independence of countries that do not have information technologies is in danger by saying ‘Information technologies have a feature. Dependence on foreign sources seriously causes resource transfer in that country. software costs by 10 billion liras  paid out in today's Turkey. If you do not have technology, if you cannot manage technology and if you cannot access your own software, it also comes to a conclusion that threatens the independence of these countries. Here, such organizations and competitions offer the opportunity to develop each country's own local software and its own information technologies.’