This time, however, it is modernity, not exoticism, that is the source of fascination. But, because of its secular tradition (now being challenged by the current regime), its non-Arab identity, its behavior towards its Kurdish minority, and the ambivalence of the Ottoman legacy, Turkey is as much a counter-model as a model.
Sin embargo, esta vez el motivo de la fascinación no es el exotismo, sino la modernidad, pero, por su tradición secular (que el régimen actual está impugnando ahora), su identidad no árabe, su comportamiento para con la minoría kurda y la ambivalencia del legado otomano, Turquía es tanto un contramodelo como un modelo.