Neo-Ottomanism
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Neo-Ottomanism is a reactionary, revisionist, monarchist, conservative and Islamist political ideology in Turkey that discredits the Turkish secular nationalist republic and its reforms, and glorifies
The fez, which entered public life in the Ottoman Empire as part of Mahmud II's Westernization reforms, became a symbol of Islamist anti-Kemalism in Turkey.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and Hossam Zaki, Senior Advisor to the Foreign Minister of Egypt, at the Munich Security Conference in 2010
A cult of personality was developed around Sultan Abdul Hamid II to tarnish Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's established image as the founder of modern Turkey.
Fez (hat)
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The fez, also called tarboosh/tarboush, is a felt headdress in the shape of a short, cylindrical, peakless hat, usually red, typically with a black tassel attached to the top. The name "fez" may refer
Neo-Ottomanism
…The fez, which entered public life in the Ottoman Empire as part of Mahmud II's Westernization reforms, became a symbol of Islamist anti-Kemalism in Turkey…
Portrait of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II after his clothing reforms
An Arab "protest gathering" against British policy in Palestine, 1929
Hassan al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood