HUMAN BRIDGES BETWEEN ROMANIAN AND TURKISH PERSONALITIES Morar Andreea Maria

DIMITRIE CANTEMIR Dimitrie Cantemir  was twicePrince  of Moldavia (in March–April 1693 and in 1710–1711). He was also a prolific man of letters philosopher historian , composer , musicologist , linguist etnographer and geographerhistorian ,.His name in Turkish , Dimitri Kantemiroğlu . His education began at home, where he learned GREEK and Latin and acquired a profound knowledge of the classics. Between 1687 and 1710 he lived in forced exile in Istanbul, where he learned Turkish and studied the history of the Ottoman Empire at the Patriarchate’s Greek Academy, where he also composed music.

DIMITRIE CANTEMIR STATUE DIMITRIE CANTEMIR PORTRAIT

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 19 May 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish army officer in the Ottoman military , revolutionary statesman and the first President of Turkey .He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey His surname, Atatürk (meaning "Father of the Turks"), was granted to him in 1934 and forbidden to any other person by the Turkish Parliament.

GHEORGHE HAGI Many Romanian footballers and coaches have contributed to raising the level of Turkish football. A Romanian personality in Turkish football is Gheorghe Hagi . Together with the Turkish team , Gheorghe Hagi managed to win a match against Fenerbahce, their greatest rival. In Turkey , he’s very loved for his performance

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