Zūn jìng de xiào zhǎng Duan Peng

Zūn jìng de fù xiào zhǎng Zhang Baojun

Zūn jìng de jiào zhí gōng men (Distinguished Faculty Members)

Qīn ài de tóng xué men(Dear Students)

Dàjiāhǎo, Herkese Merhaba,

-I am pleased to be here today on
the occasion of this graduation ceremony.

-I was also with you
during the last year’s graduation ceremony as well.

-I must say that you always welcome
us with great sincerity.

-You make us feel at home. Thank you
for your warm hospitality.

-First of all, I wholeheartedly congratulate all the students
for their successful graduation.

-I convey my sincere thanks to the Beijing Language and Culture
University for inviting me once again to share my humble remarks on this
occasion.

Distinguished
Faculty Members,

-Beijing Language and
Culture University holds a unique place in the academic world of China,
bringing together students from many different countries and cultures.

-I deeply appreciate your university’s mission to build such academic and
cultural connections.

-It is a great example showing how language can make people from
different cultural backgrounds, including Türkiye and China, build stronger
bonds.

Dear
Students,

-Today is a significant moment in your lives.

-It is a new step towards your professional lives.

-I sincerely hope that all of you will begin a successful career where
you can exert your knowledge and talents you have built up until now.

-I humbly recommend you one thing:

-You should never forget that education is a life-long journey, not only
limited to university.

-Therefore, you render every day to learning new things.

-I firmly believe that this is the key to pursue a successful
professional life and to have a fulfilling life in general.

Distinguished
Faculty Members,

-Academic collaboration is one of the most powerful ways to strengthen
ties between nations.

-Türkiye and China share a long history of friendship and cooperation.

-Starting from the ancient Silk Road, our nations have long been partners
in trade and cultural exchanges.

-Today, this partnership has expanded into various areas.

-Under the great vision of our leaders, H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and
H.E. Xi Jinping, we witness the speedy development of our bilateral relations in
every field.

-We are also strengthening collaboration in regional and international
platforms such as the United Nations and the G20.

-Since I assumed my duty in Beijing in 2023, several Ministerial level
visits from both countries were realized, including our Foreign Ministers.

-We are also hopefully expecting to witness Presidential level visits in
the coming year.

Distinguished
Academics,

-I firmly believe that one of the most important pillars of our
cooperation is in the field of academic exchange.

-Because, language and culture are the foundation of stronger diplomatic
ties, economic partnerships and people-to-people interactions.

-And You, as scholars of a deep-rooted university, certainly make
valuable contributions to the development of cultural and educational
cooperation between China and other countries, including Türkiye.

Dear
Students, Distinguished Scholars,

-Türkiye attaches great importance to Chinese culture and language.

-More than 30 universities in Türkiye have cooperation agreements with
various leading universities in China.

-Mutual scholarships are awarded to students and academics on a regular
basis every year.

-I am happy to learn that there are 29 Turkish students in the BLCU and 2
of them will graduate today.

-Nevertheless, we would like to see more Turkish students in Chinese
universities.

-The number of scholarships should be increased given the momentum of our
bilateral relations.

-Having more Turkish students in China will also better address the
demands of Chinese and Turkish companies for qualified employees with Chinese
and Turkish language proficiency.

-There are more than 1200 Chinese companies operating in Türkiye and
nearly 100 Turkish companies in China.

-I personally know that Turkish and Chinese companies operating in both
countries are in dire need of hiring such qualified personnel.

-Meanwhile, Chinese is taught as a selective course in some secondary level
schools in Türkiye under the auspices of the Ministry of National Education.

-Additionally, there are 4 Confucius Institutes operating within the
campuses of the most prominent Turkish universities (Middle East Technical, Boğaziçi, Yeditepe and Okan Universities).

-We are pleased to see that more and more Turkish students are interested
in learning Chinese language and culture.

-We hope to see a similar increase in the interest of Chinese students to
learn Turkish culture and language.

-To serve this goal, Yunus Emre Turkish Culture Center has been
established in Beijing in 2021.

-Our Chinese friends can learn more about Turkish Culture through the
events and activities organized by our Culture Center.

-They can also benefit from the online Turkish Language Courses provided
by the Center.

-Today, Mr. Eyüp Sarıştaş, the new director of the Culture Center is also
with us.

-He is a professor in Sinology.

-Professor Eyüp Saristaş is in fact an old fellow of your university. He conducted
academic research here at the BLCU, between 1997 and 1998.

-In fact, Türkiye has prominent scholars in the field of Sinology.

-Among them, Professor Giray Fidan is also anotherdistinguished Sinologist who makes significant
contributions to Chinese studies in both Türkiye and China.

-Professor Giray Fidan has translated several Chinese classics to
Turkish. Among them;

-Art of War of Sun Tzu,

-Art of Governance of Wang Jing,

-Dream of the Red Chamber of Cao Xueqin.

-As two ancient cultures of Asia, we believe that there is a rich
academic content for scholars to examine about the two cultures.

-We believe that the output of such academic studies will greatly
contribute to the deepening of bilateral relations between Türkiye and China.

Dear
Faculty Members,
-When I attended the last year’s graduation ceremony here, I had put forward
some suggestions for deeper academic cooperation.

-On this occasion, I would like to elaborate my suggestions.

-First of all, I firmly believe that Türkiye and China should establish a
Joint University.

-Such a Joint University could focus on various strategic areas and
disciplines including both natural and social sciences.

-We can realize this goal with the valuable cooperation of the BLCU as
well.

-Establishing partnership for this goal between the BLCU and a Turkish
university will highly serve this objective.

-Additionally, regular academic forums, hosted alternately in Türkiye and
China, could serve as platforms for dialogue on global issues, academic trends
and collaborative opportunities.

-We can also consider hosting cultural events co-organized by the Yunus
Emre Culture Center and the BLCU in this beautiful campus.

-Such events will certainly attract the interest of many students.

-As the Ambassador of Türkiye, I will be most honored to take part in all
these endeavors.

Dear
Students,

-As I conclude my remarks, I congratulate you once again with my most
sincere feelings and wish you success and happiness in your future careers.

zhù∕ nǐ men ∕yÌ fān fēng shùn，shìyèyǒu chéng

(everything
goes smoothly and success in your future careers)