Chinese classics gain popularity in Türkiye as cultural exchange flourishes: sinologist

STORY: Chinese classics gain popularity in Türkiye as cultural exchange flourishes: sinologist SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 9, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:56 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Türkiye 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GIRAY FIDAN, Turkish sinologist, author and translator 3. various of China 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GIRAY FIDAN, Turkish sinologist, author and translator STORYLINE A Turkish sinologist is passionately introducing the Chinese culture of peace through his translations to an ever-growing audience of Turkish readers. In 2014, Giray Fidan, an Ankara-based professor of Chinese language and history, collaborated with his professor to translate the Chinese classic "The Art of War" from Chinese into Turkish. The translated version of the book by ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu 25 centuries ago became a bestseller in Türkiye, where it was reprinted 25 times in nine years. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GIRAY FIDAN, Turkish sinologist, author and translator "'The A

TÜRKIYE-ANKARA-CHINESE CULTURE-SINOLOGIST-INTERVIEW

TÜRKIYE-ANKARA-CHINESE CULTURE-SINOLOGIST-INTERVIEW

(240111) -- ANKARA, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Giray Fidan, a Turkish expert in Chinese language and history, is interviewed with Xinhua in Ankara, Türkiye, on Jan. 9, 2024. Giray Fidan, a Turkish expert in Chinese language and history based at Ankara's Haci Bayram Veli University, is dedicated to introducing the Chinese culture of peace to an increasingly expanding Turkish audience eager to grasp the Chinese way of thinking. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Interview: Chinese classics gain popularity in Türkiye as cultural exchange flourishes: sinologist

TÜRKIYE-ANKARA-CHINESE CULTURE-SINOLOGIST-INTERVIEW

TÜRKIYE-ANKARA-CHINESE CULTURE-SINOLOGIST-INTERVIEW

(240111) -- ANKARA, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Giray Fidan, a Turkish expert in Chinese language and history, poses for a photo during an interview in Ankara, Türkiye, on Jan. 9, 2024. Giray Fidan, a Turkish expert in Chinese language and history based at Ankara's Haci Bayram Veli University, is dedicated to introducing the Chinese culture of peace to an increasingly expanding Turkish audience eager to grasp the Chinese way of thinking. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Interview: Chinese classics gain popularity in Türkiye as cultural exchange flourishes: sinologist