Said Nursi, Islam, Quran, Mevlana, Rumii 

THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND BEDIUZZAMAN SAID NURSI 

Professor Masala was bom in Rome on 15th April 1934, and completed her higher studies in the Faculty of Literature in Rome University. In addition to Italian and Latin, she learnt Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, and Turkish. In 1968 she began teaching in the Oriental Studies Institute in Rome University. Paying frequent visits to Turkey, she took a close interest in Turkish culture and folklore. A great lover of Turkey, in 1972 Anna Masala was appointed professor in Rome University, and in 1942 was appointed Ordinarius Professor. Some of her numerous works in the field of oriental studies, published in Italian, are as follows: Contemporary Turkish Poetry (1972) Turkish 'Turku’s (1972) Yunus Emre (1978) Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (1978) Mehteri 1978) 'Türkü ve Kılıç’ (Serhad Türkü's) Selections from the Poetry o f Fevzi Halıcı (1987) Translations from the Poetry o f Cahit Külebi (1986)