"Turkish craze finds its way into 'Algiers'
Richard Nilsen
The Arizona Republic
Feb. 17, 2006 12:00 AM
East is east and west is west. But the twain have met many times before the current unpleasantness.
The West and Islam go way back.
On the serious side, there were the Crusades. On the more trivial side, there was the Dutch craze for Asian tulips in the 17th century.
And one of the more interesting collisions between the West and Islam occurred in Europe in the 18th century with a craze for all things Turkish. It gave us coffee, croissants, Angora sweaters and Mozart's Rondo alla Turca. "
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