Maltese Consul General in Istanbul Reuben Gauci (front row, fifth from left) with guests after celebrating the traditional Maltese Mnarja feast. The celebration – which also hosted Turkish academic and professor of political science Ilter Turan, Turkish banker Pinar Ersoy and Hürriyet Daily News editor Barçın Yinanç – took place in a historic hall at St Antoine Convent, used by Pope John XXIII at the time when he was papal delegate in Istanbul. Anneliese Sammut, who is reading for Master’s degree in international relations at the Bilgi University, acted as rapporteur.

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