Theme of the fashion show held in Rome was Anatolian Sufi Yunus Emre. 

A fashion show was held in the capital of Italy, Rome with the theme Yunus Emre, Turkish-Islam thinker who lived in 13^th and 14^th centuries. 

The fashion show organised by collaboration of Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkish Embassy to Rome Culture and Tourism Consultancy, Izmir Technical School for Girls and by contributions of Turkish Airlines, was hosted by Rome Yunus Emre Enstitüsü and brought together Turkish and Italian figures in culture-art, business and fashion circles in Rome.

The fashion show was prepared by Izmir Technical School for Girls with inspiration from Yunus Emre's philosophy who gave his name to Yunus Emre Enstitüsü centres around the world and traditional motifs of the period. The themes were the values compassion, affection, patience, righteousness, secrecy, loyalty, generosity and being grateful to the lord, represented by the symbol of Seljuk period octagonal star.

The collection was named after Yunus Emre, who stayed on people's side and on true path all his life, and designers benefited from dome, gate, window, wall and flooring examples from architectural and artistic works from Seljuk period and traditional Turkish crafts calligraphy, illumination, miniature, carpet and rugs in designing clothing items in the collection .

A total of 35 attires, 5 being men's, were displayed in the fashion show that drew considerable attention, accompanied by Anatolian tunes.

Ministry of National Education General Director of Lifelong Education Ali Rıza Altunel was one of the names that contributed in the fashion show in Rome and he marked that Yunus Emre was a major Anatolian folk hero.

Reminding that United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organisation (UNESCO) declared 1991 as Yunus Emre Love Year, Altunel spoke as follows: “We did not have the opportunity to often organise such activities in different countries during that period. This is why now we play our part in introducing Yunus Emre, an asset of Turkey, in Europe, in other world countries with his attire and thoughts.”