I would like to thank the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst for
the scholarship that it provided for the present research. A special thank goes to
Ingeborg Sonsuz from the German Embassy in Ankara for all the
encouragement throughout my studies. Likewise, I would like to thank also
Ahmet Evin for providing the necessary contacts with the German academia. I
am most grateful to all the members Mioni family in Padua for all the hospitality
that they have offered to me during my research in Italy. I would like to thank
especially my friend Anna and her father Alberto Mioni, not only as a host, but
also as an effervescent inspirer in academic matters. Without Professor Mioni's
circle of Veneto academics, the present book would not have come to existence.
In this respect, it has been a most felicitous event having met Paolo Preto from
Padua University, whose contribution to the present work has been immense. I
am also grateful to the most pleasant character of Gaetano Platania and his
guidance into the Vatican libraries.