Sheikh Imran N.Hosein

The term Nationalism—as it is known outside of the West—is mostly synonymous with the anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist sentiments of the 19th and 20th century, that is to say Nationalism from the perspective of an Asian, African, Middle Easterner, or Latin American is not merely an affirmation of ethnic and cultural identity, but also the rejection of White colonial or imperial authority, and to a certain degree, white culture.

The revolution in Turkey is not only an internal matter of Turkey, it is part of the dramatic changes in the Middle East and is also part of global changes in the balance of power. Turkey is full of internal contradictions, but its foreign-political position, especially in the last five years, has become very schizophrenic, which is best seen in its relations with Syria and Israel. This is a consequence of Atlantic geopolitical strategy and orientation of the government of Turkey, which harbors neo-Ottoman ambitions, remaining torn between Islamic and Ataturk heritage, traditionalism and modernism, secularism and nationalism, on a deeper level between Atlantism and Euroasianism...