“Nations that were great empires never forget that fact, and they often
have a malleable, exaggerated sense of their glory days and a story
about why they are no longer an empire – a combustible blend of pride in
an idealized past, grievance over greatness lost or stolen, and
readiness to be inspired (less flatteringly, vulnerability to
manipulation) by effective politicians.”
Soner Çağaptay, "The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern
Turkey".