Indeed, in some ways it counts for more than when the Ottoman empire was crumbling a century ago and Turkey was widely known as the "sick man of Europe".
今天的土耳其确实在很多方面都比那个曾在一个世纪以前奥斯曼帝国土崩瓦解后被称作“欧洲病人”的土耳其进步许多。
Turkey and Norway were the only NATO members to border the Soviet Union. But Turkey's pro-Western stance led it to neglect its neighbourhood, including many countries once in the Ottoman empire.
北约成员国中只有土耳其和挪威与苏联接壤，但土耳其亲西方的立场使其忽视了邻居，其中包括很多曾经属于奥斯曼帝国的国家。
Turkey and Norway were the only NATO members to border the Soviet Union.But Turkey's pro-Western stance led it to neglect its neighbourhood, including many countries once in the Ottoman empire.
北约成员国中只有土耳其和挪威与苏联接壤，但土耳其亲西方的立场使其忽视了邻居，其中包括很多曾经属于奥斯曼帝国的国家。
So what leverage does Turkey actually have over its erstwhile Ottoman dominion?
因此，土耳其真正对它昔日奥斯曼帝国的领地拥有什么样的影响呢？
A two-day detour from the coast is the town of Safranbolu, which with its perfectly restored, timber Ottoman-style houses, offers a glimpse back at Turkey in the 19th Century.
我花了两天时间离开海岸，绕道到了撒弗兰博鲁城(Safranbolu)，城里奥特曼风格的原木房屋修缮得极好，可以让人一瞥十九世纪土耳其的风貌。
Dine on Ottoman food while overlooking the Bosphorus in the Ciragan Palace, an 18th-century Ottoman Palace in Istanbul, Turkey.
在土耳其的伊斯坦布尔，可以一边品尝土耳其美食，一边眺望博斯普鲁斯海峡那头18世纪的塞拉宫。
Erdogan's comments Tuesday represent a significant shift for Turkey, the successor to the Ottoman Empire that ruled Libya for centuries, and will probably resonate throughout Kadafi's inner circle.
埃尔多安于星期二的评论对于土耳其来说，是一次意义重大的转变，这个已统治利比亚长达几世纪的奥斯曼帝国的继承者，将很有可能在卡扎菲的内部统治圈内引起共鸣。
Each fountain incorporates traditional Turkish ceramics, referencing the Ottoman-inspired marble kiosks that could be found across Turkey during the seventeenth century.
这些喷泉均体现了土耳其传统陶艺，参考出现于十七世纪的土耳其式大理石凉亭。
Each fountain incorporates traditional Turkish ceramics, referencing the Ottoman-inspired marble kiosks that could be found across Turkey during the seventeenth century.
这些喷泉均体现了土耳其传统陶艺，参考出现于十七世纪的土耳其式大理石凉亭。
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