International Silk Road Universities Consortium Launched

The International Silk Road Universities Consortium will be launched at Bahçeşehir University on 16-18 March 2011.

Founded in 2009 through the joint efforts of Bahçeşehir University from Türkiye and Mukogawa University from Japan, the International Silk Road Universities Consortium aims to develop academic exchange and cooperation among Asian universities, particularly at the graduate level. Aware of the socio-economic impact and cultural heritage of the historical Silk Road across the Asian continent, the Consortium today aims to revive the Silk Road through the "Science Road" project.

The International Silk Road Universities Consortium will also host a series of events at Bahçeşehir University. Award-winning Turkish architect Tuncer Çakmaklı, whose designs are recognized in many countries abroad, especially in Asia, will give a lecture on Wednesday,16 March, in Conference Hall B as the opening event. In this lecture, Çakmaklı will share his design approach through the New Silk Road Museum competition he took part in in 2006 and his projects in Azerbaijan, Hong Kong and Korea. On Thursday, 17 March, at 19:00, at the conference to be held in the Fazıl Say Hall, award-winning Japanese architect Prof. Dr. Shigeyuki Okazaki, Dean of the Mukogawa University Faculty of Architectureand author of many distinguished designs, will give a presentation on the relationship between philosophical concepts and architecture.