http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2 ... l?page=0,1
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There was always a lot less to Ankara's influence in the Arab world than met the eye. Turkish leaders love the anecdotes about Arabs watching Turkish soap operas, the posters of Erdogan in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps, and the comparison between the Turkish prime minister and Gamal Abdel Nasser -- but the new Ottomans have found it as difficult to manage the politics of the region as the Sultans before them. At base, the Turks managed a measure of influence during a period of Arab decay.
It was easy to be influential when the Arab world was politically dead and devoid of authentic leadership. Like it or not, Ankara's interests are wrapped up in the old regional order. As a result, at a moment of unprecedented regional change, when people power and democracy is sweeping the Middle East, the Turks look timorous, maladroit, and diminished -- not at all the regional leader to which Ankara has aspired.
Watch especially the slideshow:
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2 ... f_istanbul
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE, THE DEMOCRACY MIDGETS AS I LIKE TO CALL THEM, WHO ASSUME THE MORAL HIGH GROUND AND PREACH US CYPRIOTS!!
PITIFUL TURKS!
GET OUT BEFORE EVEN ISTANBUL IS SPLIT BETWEEN A KURDISH AND TURKISH PART.
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