"From Ottoman traces to Turkish presence in Israel, Palestine ...
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It isn't easy to be a Turk in Europe; for almost all Turks their Ottoman heritage is a kind of burden due to the European approach of treating them like 'others.'
It's also the case in the Balkan and Arab countries. But, surprisingly, the situation changes drastically when you get to Israel. Unlike the grandchildren of Europeans or Arabs who lived under Ottoman rule, the Israelis speak with sympathy about the Ottoman past. "
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