Similarly, Erdoğan’s recent visit to Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia brings out the ambivalence of Turkey’s new claim to regional hegemony. While Egypt’s shaky military junta welcomed Erdoğan, many Egyptians were not happy about his hectoring them – and other Arabs – to follow Turkish policies and to regard Turkey as their Muslim leader.
类似地，埃尔多安最近对埃及、利比亚和突尼斯的访问表明了土耳其新地区霸权主张的矛盾性。在埃及根基尚未稳固的军政府欢迎埃尔多安的到访，但埃及人民对于埃尔多安威逼他们（以及其他阿拉伯人民）遵从土耳其的政策并视土耳其为穆斯林领袖感到十分反感。一个新的苏丹帝国？埃尔多安是萨拉丁再世？