Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Turkey Shows the Middle East’s Potential–and it Doesn’t Look Good « Powell History Recommends

"Turkey Shows the Middle East’s Potential–and it Doesn’t Look Good

March 25, 2008 by Scott Powell

In lecture 3 of the Islamist Entanglement, I presented the history of the Ottoman Empire and modern Turkey. I introduced this topic to my students by explaining that Turkey is by far the most westernized of all the Islamic countries in the Middle East. As such, Turkey is a kind of historical prototype–an advanced model whose development can help us predict how other countries in the Middle East might develop."

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