Međutim, Partija pravde i razvoja koja je na vlast došla 2002. godine sobom je dovela i neo-otomanizam, koji je vrata otvorio i preislamskoj i islamskoj prošlosti Anadolije, tvrdi ona.
But the Justice and Development Party government that came to power in 2002 brought with it a neo-Ottomanism that opened the door both to Anatolia's pre-Islamic, as well as its Islamic past, she argues.