Its history, growing economy, relatively vast population, geographical location -- with its advantages or complications, religious identity as well as secular past, lead them to think that Turkey is indeed up to this task of being a regional power.
Njena istorija, rastuća ekonomija, relativno brojna populacija, geografski položaj - sa svojim prednostima i komplikacijama - religiozni identitet, kao i sekularna prošlost - navode te mislioce na pomisao da je Turska zaista kadra za ulogu regionalne sile.