The Vatican's Secret Records Become a Book

The launch of the book "Towards Diplomatic Relations Between Türkiye and the Vatican," based on documents from the Vatican Secret Archives, was held at BAU today. The book, published by Bahçeşehir University Press, was written by Rinaldo Marmara.
 

Speaking at the launch, BAU Chair of the Board of Trustees Enver Yücel said: "One of the duties of universities is to give direction to such cultural activities and to publish in this context. I see this as a step that will lead to more publications on Vatican–Türkiye relations in light of documents."
 

Rinaldo Marmara, official historian and cultural attaché of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Türkiye, thanked Bahçeşehir University Chair of the Board of Trustees Enver Yücel for his contribution to the publication of the work. Marmara said: " The archives of all countries reflect their own policies. But there is no concept of 'nationality' in the Vatican archives. I did not write anything; I let the documents speak," and expressed his hope that the book would be used as a source.

Vatican Government Representative Ambassador Antonio Lucibello and Interfaith Commission Chair Yusuf Sağ were also present at the meeting, which was attended by academics, religious representatives and members of the press. At the end of the launch, Rinaldo Marmara signed his book, which contains selected information from an archive of approximately 70,000 manuscripts, 100,000 biographies, one million printed books and 100,000 maps and drawings, for Enver Yücel and BAU President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın. The book was also presented to the ambassador.