"The lessons of a predominantly Middle Eastern Turkey
By Rami G. Khouri
Daily Star staff
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Full disclosure from the start: I am a great admirer of Turkey. Of course I am glad that four centuries of Ottoman control over the Arab world ended after World War I, yet I wish that Turks and Arabs had more regular encounters so that the modern Turkish experience could rub off on us and inspire us. I admire not only the history, power and astounding rhythms of Istanbul, which twice ruled pivotal regions of the world in the Byzantine and Ottoman eras. I also admire its ongoing trajectory to modernity."
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