土耳其旅游部门最近将2002年定为中国游客年,随即一股学习中文的热潮在土旅游业涌起。机场海关工作人员、导游、空姐、宾馆服务员纷纷报名,到有关大学开办的中文速成班学习汉语。《新世纪》等几家当地报纸还分别在头版刊登“您好”的中文句子,鼓励当地市民学习和掌握几句简单的中文问候语。法提赫大学、安卡拉大学和爱琴海大学开办的中文速成班爆满。目前爱琴海大学和法提赫大学等高等院校正考虑增设中国语言文学 Turkey’s tourism sector recently set 2002 as the year for Chinese tourists, and an upsurge of learning Chinese flourished in the tourism industry. Airport customs staff, tour guides, flight attendants, hotel waiters have to apply to the relevant Chinese-run crash course to learn Chinese. Several local newspapers, such as the “New Century,” also published “Hello” Chinese sentences on the front page to encourage local citizens to learn and master a few simple Chinese greetings. Fatih University, Ankara University and the University of Aegean Chinese crash course was full. At present, universities such as Aegean University and Fatih University are considering the addition of Chinese language and literature