"Although the interest in fields related to the Ottoman Empire has never been interrupted, current interest is rather superficial when one compares it to the novels in the past discussing Ottoman as a political heritage," Selim Kuru, associate professor of Turkish and Ottoman Studies at the University of Washington, said.
„Iako interesovanje za oblasti vezane za Otomansko carstvo nikada nije prestajalo, aktuelno interesovanje je prilično površno kada se poredi sa romanima u prošlosti u kojima se razmatra otomansko političko nasleđe“, kaže Selim Kuru, dopisni profesor turskih i otomanskih studija na Univerzitetu Vašington.