Giray Fidan is a Professor of Chinese Translation and Interpreting Department at Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University in Ankara. He received his B.A., M.A., and PhD. in Sinology from Ankara University and studied at the Beijing Language and Culture University and the Min Zu University of China. Fidan conducted research at Princeton University as a visiting scholar. His research interests are Sino Turkish, China Near Eastern relations, Chinese perception of the Ottomans and Republican Turkey.