Neo-Ottomanism

Neo - Ottomanism ( Turkish Yeni Osmanlıcılık ) is a political slogan with different meanings. Neo - Ottomanism is also used in a critical sense, to express reservations about Turkish foreign policy and also the to possible imperial intentions of Turkey, this increased emphasis Turkey to Islam and the alignment of foreign policy towards the Arab world and therefore on the former sphere of influence Ottoman Empire to describe. As one of the leading Neo - Ottomanism is true, the current Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, however, rejects the label.

The Ottomanism was originally a arisen in the Tanzimat notion of time looking at all the inhabitants of the Ottoman Empire as equal citizens regardless of religion or ethnicity, in contrast to the former organization in Millets.

Use

Original served the term neo- Ottomanism, according to Kemal Karpat to describe the Turkish expansionism in the occupation of Cyprus.

Bassam Tibi defined the term neo- Ottomanism in 1997 as a "vision". So that policies Erbakan and his attempt to describe Tibi description "Reviving the large Turkish, Ottoman past." Erbakan was Neo - Osmanist Panturkist and at the same time. In Turkey, those years of neo- Ottoman Pan-Turkic, Islamic fundamentalism and Kemalism had located each other in competition.

The Journal of International Politics defined the concept of April 2009 as " an ideological trend " and used the term to describe the increased engagement of Turkey in the Arab world and the turn to Hamas, citing the Ottoman heritage. Is the term used to describe the growing influence of Turkey in the Middle East. Turkey is the antithesis of "hard power" of Iran or Israel with its soft power. However, the term bein think the insinuation that " to build on the centuries-old rule of the Turkish Ottomans about the area "

According to the Institute of African Studies Neo - Ottomanism is primarily used by critics to express reservations about a more active role of Turkey in the Middle East and the world. Aingeal used 2009 Neo - Ottomanism in the sense of a return to the Ottoman sphere of influence and the "revival of imperial intentions. "

Karen Kruger wrote in 2011 that "Islamic superiority longing for patriotic encouragement " connect the Neo - Ottomanism. The return to the Ottoman heritage is an essential part of Turkish cultural policy.