Mediocrates
09-14-2011, 10:05 AM
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/12/09ANKARA1717.html
¶ (http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/12/09ANKARA1717.html#par3)3. (C) Davutoglu had previously hinted at such a policy in a speech made in Sarajevo on October 16, in which he envisioned an economically and culturally integrated Balkans and Middle East as the driver of a peaceful, affluent civilization, and not the crisis-ridden periphery it is perceived to be today. In his estimation, the Ottoman Empire is the "only positive exception" to have created such an entity, and Turkey, as successor to the Ottoman state, should be the focus of the re-establishment of a strong Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey's relative power, stability, and affluence would allow it to recreate what Davutoglu sees as fundamental to a strong, self-assured political environment: cultural integration, economic interaction, and political authority. ¶ (http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/12/09ANKARA1717.html#par4)4. (C) Davutoglu and the MFA have both tried to distance themselves from the concept of Neo-Ottomanism, claiming that the press reported his statement entirely out of context. Nonetheless, the term roughly coincides with Davutoglu's world-view and adds an academic and ideological backbone to his pragmatic "zero problems with neighbors" policy. It trades on common historical and cultural traits among the countries in Turkey's larger neighborhood to form the basis for closer cooperation rather than conflict. The theory conveniently justifies why Turkey -- as a comparatively stable, democratic, affluent country -- should serve as the anchor for such a geopolitical alignment. [/URL]
But in the meantime the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt tells Erdogan to not imagine his 'secular' Ottomanism will rule Egypt.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/egypt-s-islamists-warn-erdogan-don-t-seek-middle-east-domination-1.384446 (http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/12/09ANKARA1717.html#par5)
[url]http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4122413,00.html
¶ (http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/12/09ANKARA1717.html#par3)3. (C) Davutoglu had previously hinted at such a policy in a speech made in Sarajevo on October 16, in which he envisioned an economically and culturally integrated Balkans and Middle East as the driver of a peaceful, affluent civilization, and not the crisis-ridden periphery it is perceived to be today. In his estimation, the Ottoman Empire is the "only positive exception" to have created such an entity, and Turkey, as successor to the Ottoman state, should be the focus of the re-establishment of a strong Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey's relative power, stability, and affluence would allow it to recreate what Davutoglu sees as fundamental to a strong, self-assured political environment: cultural integration, economic interaction, and political authority. ¶ (http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/12/09ANKARA1717.html#par4)4. (C) Davutoglu and the MFA have both tried to distance themselves from the concept of Neo-Ottomanism, claiming that the press reported his statement entirely out of context. Nonetheless, the term roughly coincides with Davutoglu's world-view and adds an academic and ideological backbone to his pragmatic "zero problems with neighbors" policy. It trades on common historical and cultural traits among the countries in Turkey's larger neighborhood to form the basis for closer cooperation rather than conflict. The theory conveniently justifies why Turkey -- as a comparatively stable, democratic, affluent country -- should serve as the anchor for such a geopolitical alignment. [/URL]
But in the meantime the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt tells Erdogan to not imagine his 'secular' Ottomanism will rule Egypt.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/egypt-s-islamists-warn-erdogan-don-t-seek-middle-east-domination-1.384446 (http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/12/09ANKARA1717.html#par5)
[url]http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4122413,00.html