{"id":1635,"date":"2020-05-19T18:31:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2020-05-19T18:31:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T14:01:28","slug":"erdogans-neo-ottoman-visions-out-in-the-open-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ikhrw.com\/en\/article\/erdogans-neo-ottoman-visions-out-in-the-open-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Erdogan’s neo-ottoman visions: out in the open now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is certainly no shortage of writings on Turkey today regarding that country\u2019s \u201cdrift\u201d away from its Western orientation and floating towards pan-Islamism and Neo-Ottomanism, strengthening ties with the Muslim Brotherhood.
While Turkey itself has launched an \u201cAsia Anew\u201d policy, the outsized focus on this and other alleged signs of Turkey\u2019s \u201cdrift from the West\u201d distracts from the very palpable effects of its adventurism in the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Mediterranean. Turkey\u2019s increasingly reckless foreign policy is on full display \u2014 from weaponizing refugees to extort the European Union to exporting mercenary Jihadist fighters to Libya.
Turkish Neo-Ottomanism focuses on a revival of a \u201cgreater Turkey\u201d that renews a classical, civilizational model of the Ottoman Empire\u2019s legacy anchored by economic, military, and political power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Pan-Islamist, Neo-Ottoman ideology has dangerous implications for the Eastern Mediterranean, the Middle East, and beyond. This misguided vision of pan-Islamism evokes a culturally hegemonic form of political Islam (as well as a form of militant Jihadism).
Since the rise of the AKP, Turkey has strengthened and solidified its ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, hosting major international forums on the Islamic world in Istanbul. The Turkish state also fuels an international hub of religious education through its Imam Hatip schools.
On this picture, we see the TRT state news channel interviewing a jihadist fighter, one of the so-called “moderate rebels” Turkey has pumped into North-Syria, Afrin to be exactly. The map on the wall is telling you the story of Erdogan’s greatest wish. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is certainly no shortage of writings on Turkey today regarding that country\u2019s \u201cdrift\u201d away from its Western orientation and floating towards pan-Islamism and Neo-Ottomanism, strengthening ties with the Muslim Brotherhood. 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