His Excellency Bilal Erdoğan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the İbn-i Haldun University,
His Excellency Vice Minister Miao Deyu,
Distinguished Ambassadors and Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Our Dear Citizens and Chinese Friends,
Welcome, Hoşgeldiniz,
Gè wèi guì bīn, (Distinguished guests)
Huānyíng dàjiā! (Huan yin Da cia)
Dàjiā hǎo, (Hello everyone)
Wǒ fēicháng gāoxìng huānyíng nǐ de dào lái (I’m so happy to welcome you).
It is an honor to welcome you to the celebration of the 103rd [hundred and third] anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye.
We are celebrating the 55th anniversary of our diplomatic relations with People’s Republic of China this year. Our relations are developing under the joint strategic vision of our leaders H.E. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and H.E. Xi Jinping.
We recently witnessed important developments in our relations. Upon the special invitation of President Xi Jinping, H.E. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited China in August 2025 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit. The meeting between the two leaders in Tianjin reinforced the political will to further develop our relations. Both leaders briefly met once more this year in August, at the margins of the SCO Summit in Bishkek. Our Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Hakan Fidan met with his counterpart H.E. Wang Yi on 15 October in Baku during the CICA Summit.
At the 55th anniversary, we had four concrete developments:
- China became our biggest trade partner with 50 billion USD worth trade volume.
- We lifted the visa for Chinese citizens as of 2 January 2026.
- Mutual air frequencies more than doubled per week.
- Finally, with the launch of İstanbul-Chengdu flights in two weeks, on 11 November, Turkish Airlines will increase its flights to totally 59 per week. We have also 14 cargo flights per week where 3 different airlines are conducting separate cargo flights. This is a big investment among other 2.000 investments.
Turkish and Chinese peoples, as two great ancient civilizations, have been connected commercially and culturally for centuries through the Silk Road. Türkiye has supported Belt and Road Initiative from the very beginning as BRI is in natural harmony with Türkiye’s Middle Corridor Initiative. Regular freight transport services via the Middle Corridor on the China-Türkiye-Europe railway route were launched in July 2025 in Chongqing and Chengdu. The train reached İstanbul in only 15 days. So we were re-connected via rail. Today, our connection through airlines is also fulfilled.
Bilateral connections and high level visits also increased in 2026. As of October, we welcomed 4 Turkish Ministers, 7 Deputy Ministers and 8 parliamentary and judiciary delegations in China as well as many technical delegations.
Dear Guests,

Today, we remember once again the founding leader and first President of the Republic of Türkiye, Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his comrades-in-arms, all fallen heroes and those who fought during the Independence War with respect and gratitude.

While concluding, I would like to thank to China World Summit Hotel, Sultan Mado Restaurant and our Embassy chef Köksal Usta and his team who prepared samples of the Turkish cuisine and all of our colleagues in the Embassy who worked tirelessly for today. I wish to thank Mrs. Özlem Çopur, Ebru artist recognized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. I also would like to thank our generous Turkish sponsors in Beijing: Turkish Airlines, Sultan Mado, Ülker, Çalık Group, Aksa Generator, Arzum, BEKO and MEKA. Thank you very much.

Finally, let me say a few words for our fellow citizens in Turkish.







Sayın Başkanım,
Öncelikle ülkemizden teşrif ettikleri için İbn-i Haldun Üniversitesi Mütevelli Heyeti Başkanımız Sayın Bilal Erdoğan, Ulusal Ajans Başkanı Sayın İlker Astarcı, Maarif Vakfı Başkanı Sayın Mahmut Özdil ile kıymetli rektör, dekan ve akademisyenlerimize en derin saygı ve şükranlarımı sunuyorum. Hoşgeldiniz, sefalar getirdiniz. 55. yıl kutlamalarımız sayenizde özel bir nitelik kazandı.
Değerli Vatandaşlarımız,
Sayın Cumhurbaşkanımızın vizyonları çerçevesinde, devletimizin bugün eriştiği yerli ve milli imkanlar ile uluslararası camianın sorumlu bir üyesi olarak dünyada saygın bir yer edinmiş Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, dinamik ekonomisi, küresel çaptaki diplomatik etkinliği ve uluslararası barışa katkılarıyla 1923’teki aynı inançla yola devam edecektir.
Diplomatik ilişkilerimizin kuruluşunun 55. yıldönümünü kutladığımız bu yıl ve her yıl, 4 Başkonsolosluğumuz, Müşavirliklerimiz, Ataşeliklerimiz ve Yunus Emre Enstitüsü ile birlikte Türkiye-Çin ilişkilerinin gelişmesi için çalışmaya devam edeceğiz. 2026’da şu ana değin 4 Sayın Bakanımızı, 7 Bakan Yardımcımızı, 8 parlamenter heyeti, Anayasa Mahkemesi, Danıştay ve Sayıştay Başkanlarımızı ağırladık. Tabiatıyla asli vazifemiz olan siz vatandaşlarımıza hizmetlerimizi de 24 saat esasına göre sürdüreceğiz.
İstiklal Harbi’nin Başkomutanı, Cumhuriyetimizin banisi Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ve silah arkadaşları başta olmak üzere, vatanımızın kuruluşunda savaşmış tüm ecdadımızı bu vesileyle hürmet ve rahmetle anıyoruz.
Cumhuriyet Bayramımız kutlu olsun.
Gǎnxiè dàjiā! (Gan şie Da cia)
Tǔěrqí hé Zhōngguó yǒuyì wàn suì! (Türk-Çin dostluğu yaşasın)
Guóqìng jié kuàilè (Happy National Day). Xie Xie.