Pale, bespectacled and polite, Bekir Berat Ozipek, a young professor at Istanbul's Commerce University, is no street-fighter. But he was excited by the heady atmosphere he experienced on a recent trip to Egypt. He and two fellow Turkish scholars went to a conference at the University of Cairo where their ideas on civil-military relations were keenly gobbled up.Then late one night, on the eve of a big protest, they went to Tahrir Square, the heart of Egypt's uprising. They loved what they found: young people directing traffic, exuberant songs and slogans, a joker imitating ex-President Hosni Mubarak. Then they dived into a restaurant, where their chat about Egypt's political system was joined by youngsters at the next table, as well as the waiter. Mr Ozipek thought he was living in the era of Voltaire.
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机译：伊斯坦布尔商业大学的年轻教授Bekir Berat Ozipek苍白，具眼镜且彬彬有礼，他不是街头斗士。但是他对最近一次埃及之行所经历的令人愉悦的气氛感到兴奋。他和两名土耳其学者参加了在开罗大学举行的一次会议，会议上他们关于军民关系的想法被激烈地吞噬了。然后，在大抗议的前夜，深夜，他们去了开罗市中心的塔里尔广场。埃及的起义。他们喜欢发现的东西：指挥交通的年轻人，热情洋溢的歌曲和口号，模仿前总统胡斯尼·穆巴拉克（Hosni Mubarak）的小丑。然后他们潜入一家餐厅，旁边是餐桌旁的年轻人，还有服务员，他们讨论埃及的政治制度。奥齐佩克先生以为自己生活在伏尔泰时代。
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