导语：左右亚欧，非凡土耳其
卷首语
《外交官>杂志创刊的那年，第三期的女性专刊也是这样美丽开满鲜花的春，第一个接受我们采访的是土耳其驻华使馆公使夫人思慕坦柯里奇，在当年众多的外交官夫人里，她一双褐色的眼睛，一头美丽的长发，还有甜美的笑容衬托着她小麦色的肌肤，宛如一只傲娇性感的波斯猫。
那个下午的记忆至今想来还带着浓烈的土耳其红茶香，她和我谈她的女性观点，她的生活她的爱好，说到婚姻，有句话我至今记得，“我好不容易才遇见我的先生，这一生我唯一能做的就是和他好好相爱，无论遇见什么，都要大海一样深深的爱。”
她送我一个土耳其吉祥物，一个蓝色大眼睛。“幸福Sunny,我相信这个超灵的蓝眼会保佑清澈的你，我们在伊斯坦布尔等你。”
这个礼物至今还在我的书房里，始终明媚照亮我。而我却一直没去伊斯坦布尔。对我来说，那座跨越欧亚大陆的伟大城市，那座搭起奥斯曼帝国，让东方列车轰隆了近半个世纪的神奇之都，去拜会它，应该是我也充满了无尽的力量时候吧。
4月，北京突然被一场大漠一样的黄沙袭击，却又奇迹的瞬间恢复了无尽碧蓝。那个开满鲜花的下午，我们来到了土耳其驻华大使馆，那一瞬间有点恍惚，我好像感觉到了一份远方的呼唤。大使先生说，“到过伊斯坦布尔的人生才是完整的。”
回来，布鲁塞尔的土耳其出租车司机发邮件问我，“你为什么还不去土耳其呢，我们远古就是一家人啊。你去看看历史......”
呵呵，那就，大家一起去土耳其吧------新丝路，新欧亚，新东方列车。
新土耳其进行曲！
The year When Diplomat Magazine just began .the 3rd special issue for women brims with flowery spring as bright as it is now. The first interviewee was the wife of Turkish Minister. She stood out in the wives of diplomats with her brown eyes, beautiful long hair, sweet smile and tan skin, like a proud, sexy Persian cat.
That afternoon still has the sweet smell of strong Turkish black tea in my memory. She told me her feminine views, her life and hobbies. I stillremember what she said about her marriage.“When I finally met my husband, I knew the only thing I could do is love him, in ocean-deep love no matter what happens.”
She gave me a Turkish mascot, the blue eye.“Sweet Sunny, I believe this psychic blue eye willbring you blessings. We are awaiting you in Istanbul.”
The gift is still kept in my study, brightening and inspiring. But I never went to Istanbul.
For me it’s an amazing city across Eurasia, the magical capital which laid foundation for the Ottoman Empire and kept the Orient Express running for almost half a century. It will take infinite power to pay the visit.
The April in Beijing got hit by a sudden desert sandstorm, and was miraculously refilled with azure in an instant. We came to Turkish Embassy on the flowery afternoon. It rang vaguely familiar to me, as if I heard the call from afar. Just as Ambassador saying , "if you’ve n ever been to Istanbul, your life isi ncomplete."
that night I came home, I got an email from the Turkish taxi driver in Brussels, “Why haven’t you visited Turkey? We were one family ever since the ancient times. Check out the history…..”
Let’s all go to Turkey—the New Silk Road, New Eurasia, New Orient Express.
