"They [Turkey] compete with Iran in the Middle East," Perthes told SETimes. "Turkey is balancing Iranian influence -- not least in Iraq, Syria, the Palestinian territories -- and it offers a different political model, which AKP leaders may be less shy to promote today than they were a couple of months ago."
„Oni [Turci] se nadmeću sa Iranom na Bliskom istoku“, rekao je Pertes za SETimes. „Turska balansira uticaj Irana -- pored ostalog u Iraku, Siriji i na palestinskim teritorijama -- i nudi drugačiji politički model, koji će lideri AKP biti manje uzdržani da promovišu danas nego pre nekoliko meseci.“