{"id":11363,"date":"2012-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/lecture-of-opportunity-at-the-nato-defense-college-on-the-fundaments-of-islam\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:01:07","slug":"lecture-of-opportunity-at-the-nato-defense-college-on-the-fundaments-of-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/lecture-of-opportunity-at-the-nato-defense-college-on-the-fundaments-of-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture of Opportunity at the NATO Defense College on the Fundaments of Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ambassador of Turkey to the Holy See, H.E. Kenan Gürsoy (centre), with NDC Middle East Faculty Director Col Giuseppe Morabito and Turkish Faculty Advisor Counselor Ayça Osafoğlu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

On 18 October 2012 the NATO Defense College (NDC) was honoured by the presence a distinguished guest lecturer in the person of H.E. Kenan Gürsoy, Ambassador of T\u00fcrkiye to the Holy See. Ambassador Gürsoy was welcomed by NDC Commandant LtGen Arne Bård Dalhaug and by Col Giuseppe Morabito, Director of the Middle East Faculty at the NDC. <\/p>\n

The topic addressed by the Ambassador was “The Fundaments of Islam”: he provided the audience with a fascinating and authoritative overview, ranging from the origins and history of Islam to the tenets of Islamic faith and culture. <\/p>\n

Ambassador Gürsoy’s lecture was an essential part of the programme of the eighth NATO Regional Cooperation Course (NRCC 8), which is organized by the Middle East Faculty for military and civilian officials from NATO member states as well as from partner countries of the Mediterranean and Gulf region. In this setting, the Ambassador\u2019s address afforded a particularly fitting contribution to the Course\u2019s overarching aim of enhancing mutual understanding and promoting multicultural dialogue among Course Members from different national and religious backgrounds. <\/p>\n

Having so eminent a speaker as Ambassador Gürsoy address Course Members on Islam also provided a most appropriate complement to an earlier lecture entitled \u201cThe Fundamentals of Catholicism\u201d, which was given shortly before Course Members attended a General Audience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. <\/p>\n

The College occasionally organizes Lectures of Opportunity such as that by Ambassador Gürsoy, so as to take advantage of the presence in Rome of a distinguished speaker who can contribute significant added value in discussing subjects of particular importance for Course Members and for the transatlantic community as a whole.<\/p>\n

NDC Public Affairs Office
\n(Prepared by Ms. Eleonora Fuser, ITA C)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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