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Contributions of Jewish Scientists to Turkish Universities
Bahçeşehir University hosted an important conference that sheds light on history. At the conference, held under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in cooperation with the Aladdin Project and Bahçeşehir University, the contributions of German and Austrian scientists, who fled Nazi persecution and came to Türkiye with the university reform, to the modernization of Turkish universities were discussed.
The conference, also attended by Aladdin Project Executive Director Abe Radkin and President of the Jewish Community of Türkiye Sami Herman, opened with speeches by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Irina Bokova, Aladdin Project President Anne-Marie Revcolevschi, Advisor to the King of Morocco Anna Lindh,President of the Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures André Azoulay, Special Advisor and Special Envoy to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Adnan Kifayat, Türkiye's Representative to the International Holocaust Remembrance, Education and Research Task Force, Ambassador Ertan Tezgör, UNESCO Honorary Ambassador and Special Envoy for Holocaust Education Dr. Samuel Pisarand UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Zülfü Livaneli .
In his speech, BAU Chair of the Board of Trustees Enver Yücel said: "The role of universities is not, and should not be, merely to transfer knowledge. We take part in various activities to contribute to peace."
Şenay Yalçın said: " While speaking of friendship, solidarity, art, science and hope, the flowers of human virtue that cannot be destroyed even though they are often trampled upon, we will come face to face with both the bright and the dark truths of humanity. In this context, as BAU, we are happy to have brought the unknown to light with the documentary 'Turkish Passport,' which we prepared impartially with a sense of social responsibility and which sheds light on history."
