ANKARA - Turkish State Minister Mehmet Aydin will travel to Slovenia on Thursday to promote Izmir, Turkish candidate city to host Expo 2015.
Aydin will hold talks in Slovenia on March 6th and 7th.
EXPO 2015 is the next scheduled World's Fair after Expo 2012. The 2015 location has not yet been decided, and will be announced in March 2008.
Two candidate cities, Izmir and Italy's Milan, are competing to host the event, which is cited as the third largest event in the world in terms of economic and cultural impact, after the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games.