While neo-Ottomanism as a concept grew sometime in the late 1980s -1990s, to explain Turkey's geopolitical aspirations, some scholars believe that it was also used as a critical term by some of its neighbours, like Greece for instance, with whom it doesn't share amicable relations.
A Lancaster University-based centre which aims to trace religious tensions in Middle Eastern politics has secured a third round of funding to continue its work.SEPAD (the Sectarianism, Proxies and De-Sectarianization Project) based at Lancaster Unive