Turkey come to an agreement to found a stylo school of Ottoman-Malay studies

ANKARA (Turkey), June 19: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has decided to establish a school of Ottoman-Malay studies at one of the foremost universities in the country.

The International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) president Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim believed Erdogan was agreeable to the study centre to be either at the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vaqif University in Istanbul or the University of Istanbul which is over 500 years old.

“The agreement is the result of a courtesy call and an hour of talks with Erdogan at his office here today (Wednesday),” said Rais after a courtesy call by IIUM’s top management at the Turkish Prime Minister’s Office here yesterday.

In addition, IIUM’s honorary doctorate certificate conferred on Erdogan during an official visit to Malaysia in January was presented to him during the courtesy visit.

Rais, who is also the Malaysian Government Adviser on Social and Cultural Affairs, said IIUM would work together and have further discussions with the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vaqif University in the near future because coincidentally, IIUM was organising the International Conference and Workshop on Waqf Management in 2014 at the university.

Talking about the visit and collaboration with several universities in Turkey, he said so far, IIUM had signed memorandum of understanding with not less than 15 universities in Turkey in various fields.

 - BERNAMA -