I love
Turkish coffee.
我喜欢土耳其咖啡。
Let's explore the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.
我们去逛逛伊斯坦布尔的大巴扎吧。
The
Turkish people are known for their hospitality.
土耳其人以热情好客著称。
I can't resist
Turkish baklava.
我无法抗拒土耳其巴克拉瓦。
The Hagia Sophia is a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture.
圣索菲亚大教堂是拜占庭建筑的杰作。
Learning
Turkish grammar can be challenging but rewarding.
学习土耳其语语法既具有挑战性也有回报。
The
Turkish coastline is breathtakingly beautiful.
土耳其的海岸线美得令人窒息。
The
Turkish language uses the Latin alphabet with some additional letters.
土耳其语使用拉丁字母表，但增加了一些字母。
Turkish baths, or hamams, are an important part of the country's culture.
土耳其浴，或称哈马姆，是该国文化的重要组成部分。
The
Turkish economy has been growing steadily in recent years.
近年来，土耳其经济一直在稳步增长。
- Chinese companies from a wide array of sectors have received "intense attention" at an international trade expo being held in Türkiye's biggest city Istanbul, a Turkish business leader said on Friday.
-土耳其一位商界领袖周五表示，在土耳其最大城市伊斯坦布尔举行的国际贸易博览会上，来自多个行业的中国公司受到了“高度关注”。
"Attention towards the Chinese firms is intense, thanks to companies such as Huawei and ZTE, which are well-established in (the Turkish) market.
“由于华为和中兴等公司在（土耳其）市场上地位稳固，人们对中国公司的关注度很高。
MUSIAD Expo acts as a bridge between Chinese and Turkish firms, aiming to strengthen the existing trade relationship with new forms of cooperation," Kerim said.
克里姆说：“MUSIAD博览会是中国和土耳其企业之间的桥梁，旨在通过新的合作形式加强现有的贸易关系。”。
Other notable firms from China at the expo include the Turkish branches of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Bank of China, China Ocean Shipping Company, China Telecom, China Tianchen Engineering Corporation, train car manufacturer CRRC, and Sinovac.
参加博览会的其他著名中国公司包括中国工商银行和中国银行的土耳其分行、中国远洋运输公司、中国电信、中国天辰工程公司、动车制造商中国中车和科兴。
Wang Yundan, former chairman of the Shanghai Electric Power Co Ltd, said its aim is to build a clean, reliable and efficient power plant, which is also expected to help boost the Turkish economy, increase employment and promote sustainable power generation.
上海电力有限公司前董事长王云丹表示，该公司的目标是建设一座清洁、可靠和高效的发电厂，这也有望有助于促进土耳其经济、增加就业和促进可持续发电。
Analysts said Chinese companies have not only strengthened exchanges with local Turkish institutions to address practical problems and create a better environment, but also built ones beyond current standards.
分析人士表示，中国企业不仅加强了与土耳其当地机构的交流，以解决实际问题，创造更好的环境，而且还建立了超出当前标准的交流机制。
- CRRC-MNG Rail System Vehicles Industry and Trade Ltd (CRRC-MNG), a China-Turkey joint venture, signed a long-term strategic cooperation deal with dozens of Turkish suppliers on Tuesday.
- 中国中车株式会社与土耳其合资企业CRRC-MNG铁路系统车辆工业和贸易有限公司(CRRC-MNG)周二与数十家土耳其供应商签署了一项长期战略合作协议。
The agreement, which was signed at a supply chain cooperation conference held in Turkey's capital Ankara, involves CRRC-MNG and 46 Turkish suppliers.
该协议在土耳其首都安卡拉举行的供应链合作会议上签署，涉及CRRC-MNG和46家土耳其供应商。
The deal, dubbed Supply Chain Cooperation Statement, aims at maintaining sustainable cooperation with Turkish businesses on the basis of the win-win principles.
这项被称为“供应链合作声明”的协议旨在基于互利共赢的原则，维持与土耳其企业可持续的合作关系。
Li Yangyang, general manager of the CRRC-MNG, said in his speech that his company has been pursuing localization which could benefit both the company itself and the Turkish supplies.
中车株机公司总经理李江平在发言中表示，该公司一直致力于实现本地化生产，这将对公司自身和土耳其供应商都带来好处。
Nurettin Ozdebir, president of Ankara Industry Chamber, said the contribution of CRRC-MNG was important for the transport systems in Turkish cities including Ankara, adding the localization strategy of CRRC-MNG helps boost the economy of Turkey.
安卡拉工业商会主席Nurettin Ozdebir表示，CRRC-MNG对包括安卡拉在内的土耳其城市的交通系统做出了重要贡献，同时CRRC-MNG的本地化战略也有助于推动土耳其的经济发展。
Several other Turkish officials including Yalcin Eyigun, general manager of infrastructure investment under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, and representatives from various Chinese and Turkish companies, also participated in the conference themed Cooperation and Win-win.
土耳其交通和基础设施部基础设施投资总干事亚尔辛·艾伊古恩以及来自中土两国多家公司的代表也出席了以“合作双赢”为主题的会议。
The United States remained the largest overseas market for TikTok in January, followed by the Turkish market.
1月份，美国仍然是TikTok最大的海外市场，其次是土耳其市场。
Although the pandemic disrupted Juneyao Airlines' plans to launch two direct air routes－Shanghai-Athens and Shanghai-Istanbul－in June, the company is continuing to work out the modalities with its Greek and Turkish partners.
Turkish Airlines launched direct flights that connect Istanbul and Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province on Monday, the first direct flights between the two cities.
Xi'an became Turkish Airlines' fourth destination in the Chinese mainland after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
Back in 1999, Turkish Airlines launched its first flights in China that connected Beijing and Istanbul.
"We will carry our guests to 126 countries from Xi'an, one of the most significant historical capitals, while transferring the historical Silk Road to above the clouds with our cargo operations," said Bilal Eksi, general manager of Turkish Airlines.
The documents also reveal that the Turkish Anex Tour Group, which already had an 8 percent equity stake, made a takeover offer in August.
In November 2015, DHgate facilitated the first Sino-Turkish cross-border e-commerce treaty, whose signing in Antalya, Turkey, was witnessed by President Xi Jinping and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In the past three years, it has trained nearly 2,500 local owners of SMEs and university students in Turkey, and helped more than 22,000 Chinese SMEs and nearly 1,000 Turkish SMEs open stores online, with the total turnover surpassing $1 billion.
ISTANBUL- About 100 Turkish companies are expected to attend the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai in November, the Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TIM) announced on Tuesday.
Turkish firms have shown a "very intense interest" in the upcoming CIIE and are planning to sign more trade agreements with their Chinese counterparts, TIM Chairman Ismail Gulle said in a meeting in Istanbul.
A total of 38 Turkish companies participated in the first CIIE in November last year and concluded trade deals worth $620 million, according to the chairman.
"One of our priorities is that Turkish exporters get the share they deserve from China's import volume which is estimated to hit $3 trillion," Gulle was quoted as saying in a TIM press release.
Turkish firms shall showcase their products in an area of approximately 4,000 square meters this year, five times larger than the previous year, said Adil Pelister, the director of board of the Istanbul Chemicals and Chemical Products Exporters Association.
"We will display the quality of Turkish products and the power of our exporters at this giant fair with a wide range of assets, including food, medical equipment and service products," he said, describing China as a "strategic market" that would enable Turkish exporters to achieve their export targets.
Some 40 Turkish firms will be participating in the expo, said the Istanbul Chemicals and Chemical Products Exporters Association that coordinates Turkey's participation in the Shanghai event.
Around 40 Turkish firms will be attending," said Seyma Inam, an expert from the Istanbul Mineral and Metals Exporters' Association, adding that Turkish Airlines also announced its willingness to participate in the event.
"We are preparing for the promotion phase, a pavilion has been granted to Turkish firms in the expo hall and we are making sure that all attending firms will be able to promote their goods there," she said, adding that Turkish exhibitors hope to sign new export contracts with Chinese counterparts at the expo.
"Turkey has an unbalanced trade volume with China, which stands annually at about $28 billion, and $24 billion of this accounts for Turkish imports.
Thus, this fair is a way of addressing candidly this fact and expressing willingness to cooperate between companies," said Selcuk Colakoglu, director of the Ankara-based Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies.
There will also be a firm exhibiting in the Turkish pavilion rose water and rose essential oil, used in the cosmetics industry, mainly in the making of perfumeries.
China's e-commerce giant Alibaba group has acquired a stake of its Turkish counterpart Trendyol, according to sources with Alibaba.
The investment in the leading Turkish e-commerce platform is part of Alibaba's bid to expand global business, the sources said.
In 1992, 26-year-old Turkish businessman Murat Kolbasi visited Shanghai and found the secret of the Chinese gadgets that beat his products in the European market.
Impressed with the low labor costs in China, Kolbasi signed a production deal with a local factory, combining Turkish expertise with Chinese manufacturing power.
He said that despite the fact that 52 percent of Turkish exports are now bound for Europe, the lion's share is sure to go to China in the future.
"Many Chinese visitors to Turkey like local products and tastes, such as Turkish coffee, and hope to enjoy them back home," he said, seeing a boost in "the sales of our company's Turkish coffee maker".
The bidding process also involved Indian, U. S. and Turkish exchanges.
Xiong noted that the company is in talks with the Turkish government and is likely to ink a "big" deal which will revolutionize the country's teaching environment in the coming years.
Strabag and a consortium of Italian Astaldi and Turkish IC Ictas were the other two bidders.
- The Chinese economy is growing steadily and remains on the right track, a Turkish scholar has said.
The pandemic affected many leading economies negatively, but unlike many other economies, China has avoided the scourge of high inflation, said Selcuk Colakoglu, director of the Ankara-based Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, in a recent interview with Xinhua.
Even though the Chinese and Turkish economies have been affected by softening global goods demand and geo-economic fragmentation in recent years, the degree of interdependence between the two remains stable in bilateral trade, he said.
The Chinese market has shown a growing preference for Turkish home appliances in recent years.
"Turkish products such as electric coffee pots, ovens, stoves and grills are gaining significant popularity among Chinese consumers, especially in recent years when the trade in home appliances has grown rapidly," said Ayta Soylu, a Turkish businessman.
Soylu first arrived in China in 2006, bringing with him not only Turkish coffee but also the tradition of handmade copperware that has been cherished for centuries.
As a result, he decided to join hands with his Chinese friend Li Linsheng in 2012 to establish an online store of Turkish specialty small appliances on China's leading e-commerce platform Taobao.
The store dominated the Turkish specialty products category, achieving 80 percent year-on-year sales growth in 2022.
Industry insiders believe that Turkish home appliance companies see significant potential for industrial research and development as well as market collaboration between the two countries, and they aspire to further expand their cooperation with China.
Beko, which is a subsidiary of the Turkish company Koc Holding, has established its own flagship stores on Chinese e-commerce platforms, such as Suning.
Leading Turkish white goods firm Vestel has also established subsidiaries in Shanghai and Shenzhen.
He came to China to start a business 14 years ago, and today, he owns a six-story commercial building, and his Turkish restaurant in Yiwu has tripled in size compared to just two years ago.
- The first Türkiye-China Business Conference was held on Tuesday in the largest Turkish city Istanbul, with the participation of more than 100 Turkish and Chinese business people.
The one-day conference, organized by the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Türkiye (DEIK) and the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD), was held under the theme of "Digital Transformation and Designing the Future.
"It included several panels on bilateral digital cooperation, where executives of Turkish and Chinese companies shared their success stories in doing business.
He also invited Turkish companies to attend the first China International Supply Chain Expo that will be held in Beijing in November.
The company plans to place orders during the trade fair for Italian olive oil, Turkish figs and dried apricots and cereals from New Zealand, which are favored by Chinese customers in their supermarkets, he said.
The third China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE) provides excellent opportunities for global companies to explore the Chinese market, a Turkish business person said.
For global manufacturers, entrepreneurs and investors who desire to integrate into this market, the expo is full of opportunities, said Simsek, who has been offering consultancy services to Turkish firms on investment in China and helping boost trade between the two countries.
Their partnership has become a win-win business model for Turkish and Chinese companies.
This expo is essential for the two countries' companies," he said, noting that more Turkish companies have started to purchase Chinese-made semifinished products and raw materials, apart from end products.
- Hosting the third China International Consumer Products Expo with tremendous global participation has proven that China will play a bigger role in the new digital world, a Turkish analyst has said.
"A number of global institutions and governments have revised their growth forecasts for China's economy upwards," Murat Tufan, an analyst with Turkish broadcaster Ekoturk, told Xinhua in a recent interview.
Necati Demircan, a journalist with the Turkish newspaper Aydinlik, noted that "a revival in world trade is provided by the BRI, which is one of the most important investment and development projects of the 21st century".
The Chinese economy is expected to grow further in 2023 thanks to policies of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Turkish experts have said.
Selcuk Colakoglu, director of the Ankara-based Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, told Xinhua in a recent interview that China's economy has entered a period of solid recovery, especially after the optimization of COVID-19 control measures at the beginning of this year.
- China's economy grew in the first quarter of this year, exceeding expectations despite a series of complicated issues in the international arena, a Turkish economist has said.
Third, the Turkish government and companies have a strong desire to actively promote transit transportation along the Middle Corridor, and Turkey is looking forward to establishing stable and lasting ties with the fast-growing Chinese economy through Trans-Caucasus and Central Asia, and integrating the Middle Corridor into the Belt and Road Initiative, to create better conditions for the Turkish economy to boom.
"China is the world's biggest market for us," said the seasoned merchant, who has participated in the CIIE for four consecutive years from 2018 to 2021, with Afghan saffron, Turkish honey, chocolates, and olive and sunflower seed oil on display for visitors.
Huseyin Emre Engin, consul general of Turkey in Shanghai, said 13 Turkish companies are exhibiting their products at this year's expo.
Bilateral trade reached $26 billion in 2020 despite ongoing pandemicThe China-Europe Railway Express, which runs across the Eurasian continent, has experienced considerable progress during the past 10 years, and will continue to see strong momentum in the future, said a Turkish official.
At a music instrument and equipment event held at the Anaheim Convention Center in California on April 13, Hakan Kutlu, general manager of a Turkish company engaged in guitar sales, said they order over 10,000 guitars annually from Zunyi Shenqu.
Alhasan Aldabbagh, president of the APAC markets at the Saudi Tourism Authority, Derya Arslandedikli, culture and tourism counselor at the Turkish Embassy in China, and Zsofia Jakab, deputy CEO of the Hungarian Tourism Agency, also attended the conference.
Halis Aydogan, an official of the Turkish company Pasha Balloon Tours, told Xinhua that in Cappadocia, famous for its hot air balloon tours, Chinese tourists accounted for nearly half of some 600,000 balloon trip takers in 2019.
to plan on receiving Chinese visitors and organizing new tours and destinations in the city," Serhan Kochan, a tour operator for the Ligarba Travel Agency in the largest Turkish city of Istanbul, told Xinhua.
Among them were Qatar Airways, Indian low-cost carrier Indigo, Saudia, the flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, Turkish Airlines and Oman Air, according to OAG, a provider of global travel data based in England.
ISTANBUL－Chinese consumers' growing favor for Turkish food products has translated into an 86 percent increase in exports during most of 2021 following expos organized by China despite the COVID-19 pandemic, industry insiders said.
The amount, though a modest sum in China's overall imports, is what Turkish producers are working hard to boost.
"We believe that the China International Import Expo editions held in 2020 and 2021, although partially virtual due to the pandemic, were crucial in introducing Turkish products," said Serap Unal, deputy secretary general of the EIB.
China is one of the target countries for the Turkish food industry, she said.
Turkish enterprises highly value Chinese expos as they enhance the image of Turkish products among Chinese consumers.
Birol Celep, vice-president of the EIB, said the Turkish food sector sees China as a "strategic market" and wants to expand its product range in line with demands of Chinese consumers.
Girit called on Turkish dairy exporters to respect China's health requirements to ensure a sustainable market for the years to come.
Chinese consumers' growing favor in Turkish food products has translated into an 86 percent increase in exports for most of 2021 following expos organized by China despite the COVID-19 pandemic, industry insiders said.
The amount, though a modest sum in China's overall imports, is what Turkish producers are working hard to enhance.
"We believe that the China International Import Expo (CIIE) editions held in 2020 and 2021, although partially virtual due to the pandemic, was crucial in introducing Turkish products," Serap Unal, deputy secretary general of the EIB, told Xinhua.
Turkish enterprises highly value Chinese expos as it enhances the image of Turkish products among Chinese consumers, she said.
Birol Celep, vice president of the EIB, said that the Turkish food sector sees China as a "strategic market" and wants to expand its product range in line with the Chinese consumers' demands.
"It is excellent news that the renewables are growing very strongly, driven by China, but also followed by the United States, Europe and India," said Birol, a Turkish economist.
“可再生能源的发展非常强劲，这要归功于中国，但美国、欧洲和印度也在紧随其后，这是一个非常好的消息，”土耳其经济学家比罗尔说。
[Photo/Xinhua]China is expected to increase imports of Turkish cherries this year as part of efforts to further bilateral economic and trade ties between the two countries, industry officials said on Monday.
Turkish fruit retailer Goknur and Shanghai-listed State-owned major juice producer SDIC Zhonglu Fruit Juice Co Ltd recently inked an agreement under which the latter will distribute Turkish cherries in China through online and offline channels.
They also carry a cheaper price tag compared to peers, Turkish officials said.
The China market is now open to the large majority of the Turkish cherry crop, and imports are expected to rise significantly over the coming seasons, with the removal of requirements last year that cherries exported from Turkey to China should undergo a 16-day cold treatment period.
Now, Turkish cherries can arrive in China as quickly as 12 hours after picking.
Turkish cherries are expected to travel through the Eurasian continent and arrive in China, taking regular cargo flights.
Three round trips operated by Turkish Airlines are expected to be made between Xi'an and Istanbul, with inbound flights on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and outbound ones on every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
- A freight train loaded with 44 carriages of walnuts on Wednesday departed Urumqi, capital city of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, and is expected to arrive at the Turkish port of Mersin in 18 to 20 days.
Chinese visitors have shown interest in luxury shopping, and the average spending of Chinese tourists in Turkey has exceeded 5,000 Turkish liras ($874), he added.