e-Smart Technologies Enters Into Cooperation Agreement to Provide Biometric Smartcard System in Turkey

e-Smart Technologies Enters Into Cooperation Agreement to Provide
Biometric Smartcard System in Turkey 


LAS VEGAS, Dec. 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- e-Smart Technologies, Inc., (OTC
Pink Sheets: ESMT), a leader in biometric smartcard technology, announced today
that it recently entered into a Cooperation Agreement with two companies with
the goal of providing e-Smart's Biometric Verification Security System
(BVS2(TM)) and Super Smartcard(TM) as a City Smart Card and government
smartcard in Turkey, including a National ID Card.  The two companies are
Olcsan Cad, an information technology provider in Istanbul, and Daewoo
International Corporation, a Korean multi-industry company.

Mary Grace, President and CEO of e-Smart said, "We are pleased to partner with
such respected companies as Olcsan and Daewoo International to bring our
Biometric Verification Security System(TM) ("BVS2"(TM)) featuring the Super
Smartcard(TM) to the people of Turkey.  I believe that this partnership is just
the first step in a long and successful relationship aimed at providing the
people of Turkey a greater sense of safety and security."

Olcsan Cad is heavily involved in the Turkish smartcard market and operates as
the IT company of the Olcsan Group, which concentrates its efforts around
smartcard projects in banking and non-financial sectors, including the
e-government arena, transport, health, access control and security systems.

Daewoo International Corporation is a leading global corporation specializing
in international trade, infrastructure, resources and project management. 
Daewoo is partnered with e-Smart Technologies through its wholly owned
subsidiary, e-Smart Korea.

e-Smart is the exclusive supplier for Asia and the US of the BVS2 (TM) platform
and the Super Smart Card(TM), which e-Smart believes to be the world's only
commercially available smartcard with a full on-card system for biometric ID
verification.  These new generation technologies permit governments, public and
private institutions, healthcare providers and insurers, companies large and
small, and citizens and customers, to stop ID and payment fraud, including
identity theft, in connection with both physical and logical access and with
financial and other data related transactions all without compromising a
person's right to privacy.

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Statements in this news release that relate to future plans, financial results
or projections, events or performance are forward-looking statements. While
these statements are made to convey to the public the Company's progress,
business opportunities and growth prospects, readers are cautioned that such
forward-looking statements represent the management's opinion.  While
management believes such representations to be true and accurate based on
information available to the Company at this time, actual results may differ
materially from those described.  Readers are directed to e-Smart's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a full discussions of risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may impact the Company's forward-looking
statements.

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http://www.e-smarttechnologies.com/ 

DATASOURCE: e-Smart Technologies, Inc.



CONTACT:  e-Smart Media Relations, [phone], or Kirk Brewer,

[phone], for e-Smart Technologies, Inc.



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