TY - JOUR
TI - Political, Economic and Cultural Infl uences of neo-Ottomanism in post-Yugoslavian Countries. An Analysis Illustrated with Selected Examples
AU - Gibas-Krzak, Danuta
TI - Political, Economic and Cultural Infl uences of neo-Ottomanism in post-Yugoslavian Countries. An Analysis Illustrated with Selected Examples
AB - 
	The goal of this paper is to show the expansion of the Turkish policy, defined as neo-Ottomanism, in the post-Yugoslavian countries, and its effect in the spheres of political, economic and cultural life. The author asks the questions: do Turkish influences contribute to the specific culture of European Islam, of which the goal, despite prevailing Islamophobia, is to disseminate ideals of tolerance between nations and religions? Does the Turkish capital contribute only to the economic development of post-Yugoslavian countries through investments? On the other hand, the reactivation of neo-Ottomanism may contribute to the development of radical tendencies, including religious fundamentalism, which is, in many aspects, a threat to post-Yugoslavian countries. More and more researchers and political experts claim that the political situation in the Balkans can be destabilized as a result of the domination of the Muslim environment, whereas the dissemination of radical versions of this religion such as Wahhabism may favour the development of Islamic terrorism. Firstly, Serbian researchers have a critical approach to this issue and they claim that neo-Ottomanism is of a revisionist nature, because it disturbs the political balance in the western Balkans resulting from the Dayton Agreement (1995).
VL - 2017
IS - Tom XXVI
PY - 2018
SN - 2451-4993
C1 - 2543-733X
SP - 89
EP - 101
DO - 10.4467/2543733XSSB.17.026.8324
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/ssb/article/political-economic-and-cultural-infl-uences-of-neo-ottomanism-in-post-yugoslavian-countries-an-analysis-illustrated-with-selected-examples
KW - neo-Ottomanism
KW - Islamic terrorism
KW - Turkish policy
KW - post-Yugoslavian countries
KW - religious fundamentalism
KW - the Balkans
KW - economic influence
KW - Islamization