The President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the opening of the University of Bahçeşehir’s largest campus abroad on Lafayette Street in Washington D.C.
In his speech, Hisarcıklıoğlu said that, “This is a matter of vision. This is great news for Turkey.”
The opening ceremony hosted by the Bahçeşehir Education Institutions President Enver Yücel and his wife, Bahçeşehir Colleges Executive Committee Member Semra Yücel, was attended by EU Minister Egemen Bağış, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, TÜSİAD President Muharrem Yılmaz, TİM President Mehmet Büyükekşi, Zeynel Abidin Erdem, Zülküf Ceylan, Ali Sabancı, Hamdi Akın, Bekir Okan, Former USA Ambassador to Ankara James Jeffrey and UNESCO representatives.
The school, a mere 100m from the White House, will provide education in economics, politics, international affairs and law.
