TR
BAU Commemorates "Itri" at the Vatican
The book "Towards Diplomatic Relations Between Türkiye and the Vatican," published by Bahçeşehir University Press and bringing to light the Vatican's previously secret archives, will be launched at the Vatican on 7 June 2012. Before the launch, Enver Yücel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bahçeşehir University, will meet with Pope Benedict XVI, the spiritual leader of the Christian world, at the Vatican on 6 June 2012.
Written by Rinaldo Marmara, official historian and cultural attaché of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Türkiye, and published by Bahçeşehir University, the book"Towards Diplomatic Relations Between Türkiye and the Vatican" is a first in Türkiye thanks to the previously unpublished information, original documents and photographs it contains.
Bahçeşehir University, which will launch this important work at the Palazzo della Cancelleria in coordination with the Embassy of the Republic of Türkiye to the Holy See, will take the opportunity to bring another artistic event to Europe. On the occasion of UNESCO's declaration of 2012 as the Year of Itri, Bahçeşehir University will organize a concert of Itri's works at the Vatican, commemorating the great composer on the 300th anniversary of his death. Buhurizade Mustafa Itri, the great 17th-century composer who created works of universal standard drawing on the musical heritage of his region and who chose music as a way of life, will be remembered this time at the Vatican with an unforgettable recital by an ensemble of 6 singers and 6 instrumentalists under the direction of TRT artist Bekir Reha Sağbaş.
ENVER YÜCEL TO MEET THE POPE
Enver Yücel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bahçeşehir University, which is organizing the event, stated that their aim is to introduce Türkiye and the great Turkish composer Itri in a place of great spiritual value such as the Vatican, saying, "As a university, we have carried out important activities in many parts of the world. In all of them, our aim was to promote our country. As an institution that produces science, we carried out this work in the light of science. We did this when we screened the documentary 'Turkish Passport' at the largest universities in the US, when we showed the documentary 'The River Flowing West' in the US and many countries around the world, when we presented Evliya Çelebi in Paris, and everywhere in China, Hong Kong and Latvia. We have introduced our culture through scientific work. Now we will tell about Türkiye's achievements at the Vatican, a place of great spiritual value. We will have a meeting with the Pope and tell him about Türkiye and our recent achievements."
Yücel will meet with Pope Benedict XVI, the spiritual leader of the Christian world, at the Vatican on 6 June 2012.
