David L. Phillips: “Turkey's Islamist Agenda in Kosovo”

Southeast Europe | December 30, 2015, Wednesday // 15:03|  views

An article “Turkey's Islamist Agenda in Kosovo” by David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights, has been posted on The Huffington Post.

The author argues: "Turkey's foreign policy in the Balkans promotes a neo-Ottoman agenda, aimed at expanding its influence in former territories of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey exports Islamism under the guise of cultural cooperation. It also seeks economic advantage, using business as leverage to consolidate its national interests."

You can read the whole article here

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