The 100th anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye and the 145th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Türkiye and Romania continues to be celebrated with various events throughout Romania.

Under the auspices of the Consulate General of the Republic of Türkiye in Constanta, "Türkiye Day" was organized by Constanta Yunus Emre Institute, Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Bucharest International Maarif School, Romanian Democratic Turkish Union and Romanian Muslim Tatar Turks' Democratic Union.

Hosted by Ovidius University, one of the prestigious universities in Romania, a series of conferences, exhibitions, Turkish handicraft workshops, Turkish archery and traditional folk dances were organized in the program where various cultural components of Türkiye were brought together.

Türkiye Günü, TİKA ve Romanya Demokrat Türk Birliği (RDTB) iş birliğinde 7 ülkeden 70 bilim insanının katıldığı “5. Uluslararası Kültürel Çokseslilik Dünyada Türk Dili, Kültürü ve Medeniyeti” başlıklı konferans ile başladı. 

Türkiye Day was held at the "5th International Day" in which 70 scientists from 7 countries participated in the collaboration of TIKA and the Romanian Democratic Turkish Union (RDTB). International Cultural Polyphony started with the conference titled "Turkish Language, Culture and Civilization in the World".

Konferansa, T.C. Bükreş Büyükelçisi Özgür Kıvanç Altan, T.C. Köstence Başkonsolosu Emre Yurdakul, TİKA Başkan Yardımcısı Dr. Mahmut Çevik, TİKA Romanya Koordinatörü Hasan Burak Ceran, Romanya Yunus Emre Enstitüsü Koordinatörü Mustafa Yıldız, T.C. Bükreş Büyükelçiliği Eğitim Müşaviri Prof. Dr. Serpil Murtezaoğlu, Romanya Müftüsü Yusuf Murat, Köstence Vali Yardımcısı Şenol Ali, Türkiye Maarif Vakfı Romanya Temsilcisi Alpaslan Ateş, RDTB Başkanı Osman Fedbi, ODTÜ Öğretim Üyesi Prof. Dr. Ömer Turan, Bükreş Üniversitesi Öğretim Üyesi Prof. Dr. Liviu Franga, Edebiyat Fakültesi Dekanı Prof. Dr. Alina Buzatu, Ovidius Üniversitesi Rektörü Prof. Dr. Dan Marcel Iliescu, akademisyenler, öğrenciler ve davetliler katıldı.

Turkish Ambassador in  Bucharest Özgür Kıvanç Altan, Turkish Consul General Constanta Emre Yurdakul, TIKA Vice President Dr. Mahmut Çevik, TIKA Romania Coordinator Hasan Burak Ceran, Romania Yunus Emre Institute Coordinator Mustafa Yıldız, Turkish Embassy Education Bucharest Counselor Professor Serpil Murtezaoğlu, Romanian Mufti Yusuf Murat, Constanta Deputy Governor Şenol Ali, Turkish Maarif Foundation Romania Representative Alpaslan Ateş, RDTB President Osman Fedbi, METU Faculty Member Professor Ömer Turan, Bucharest University Faculty Member Professor Liviu Franga, Bucharest University Faculty of Letters Dean Professor Alina Buzatu, Ovidius University Rector Professor Dan Marcel Iliescu, academics, students and guests attended the conference.

In his opening speech, underlining that the conference has a special importance as it was held on the 100th anniversary of the Republic, Turkish Ambassador in Bucharest Özgür Kıvanç Altan touched upon the intense interest shown in Turkish in Romania.

TİKA Başkan Yardımcısı Dr. Mahmut Çevik, son yüzyılda Balkanlar ve Türkiye’ye dair bilimsel yaklaşımların ifade edildiği programın ufuk açıcı ve yol gösterici olduğunu, Balkan coğrafyası ile Türkiye arasındaki ilişkilerin güçlü bağlarla kurulduğunun vurgulandığı bir program olduğunu ifade etti.

TİKA Vice President Dr. Mahmut Çevik stated that the program, in which scientific approaches to the Balkans and Türkiye in the last century were expressed, was stimulating and guiding, and that it was a program in which it was emphasized that the relations between Türkiye and the Balkan region were established with strong ties.

Konferansın ardından Köstence Yunus Emre Enstitüsü tarafından Sanatçı Abbas Ketizmen’in sulu boya tekniğiyle hazırladığı Anadolu’da erken dönemde oluşmuş yapı tekniği ile üretilen, süreç içerisinde değişen toplumun sosyokültürel ve siyasi yapısı çerçevesinde 15. yüzyılda gelişmeye başlayan ve 18. yüzyılda hızlı bir şekilde yaygınlaşan Türk konut mimarisinin eşsiz örneklerinin yer aldığı “Türk Evi Sergisi” düzenlendi.

After the conference, the Turkish painting was produced by the Constanta Yunus Emre Institute with the watercolor technique of Artist Abbas Ketizmen, with the building technique that was formed in the early period in Anatolia, and which started to develop in the 15th century within the framework of the socio-cultural and political structure of the society that changed in the process, and became widespread rapidly in the 18th century. "Turkish House Exhibition" was held, featuring unique examples of residential architecture.

Romania Yunus Emre Institute Coordinator Mustafa Yıldız made the following evaluations:

“Every society has its own architecture as well as its own language. The name of the house, which is the shelter of family and life, is 'Turkish House'. The Turkish house becomes the mark left by the Turks on the geography they live in, from Central Asia to the Balkans, from North Africa to Arabia. Although the Turkish house is based on the Central Asian yeast, nature and language with its roots, it reaches a synthesis by compiling cultural experience and vital knowledge from the geography of Anatolia, Africa and the Balkans.” 

Türk Günü, Romanya Demokrat Türk Birliği ve Romanya Müslüman Tatar Türklerin Demokrat Birliği tarafından hazırlanan halk oyunları gösterileri ve Bükreş Uluslararası Maarif Okulu öğrencilerinin hazırladığı programla devam etti.

Turkish Day continued with folk dance performances prepared by the Romanian Democratic Turkish Union and the Democratic Union of Romanian Muslim Tatar Turks and the program prepared by the students of the Bucharest International Maarif School.

During the program, workshops of traditional Turkish handicrafts, marbling and calligraphy, were held in the area where Constanta Yunus Emre Institute's stand is located. University students and lecturers showed great interest in the traditional Turkish archery promotion event held for the first time in Constanta. Turkish Ambassador in Constanta Özgür Kıvanç Altan and Constanta Ovidius University Rector Dr. Dan Marcel Iliescu visited the Institute's stand.

Constanta Yunus Emre Institute, which organizes activities to promote Turkish coffee culture, which has a special place with the bridges it builds between hearts, showed interest in Turkish coffee and Turkish tea offerings, which are on UNESCO's "Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" list.

In the area where the Institute’s stand is located, Romanian students studying at the Turkish Language and Literature Department of Ovidius University and Romanians who are interested in Turkish were given information about the Institute's Turkish teaching sets and printed publications.