From the renderer to the physics system, sound architecture, scripting, AI and networking, game engines either natively power every aspect of a game, or they allow other specialised middleware to slot into the game's framework. In any case, game engines are the workhorses of modern videogame development.
Turkish culture has undergone profound changes over the last century. Today, Turkey may be the only country that contains every extreme of Eastern and Western culture (along with many compromises and fusions between the two).
Romantic view of Ottoman/Middle Eastern culture. Some Romanticism cast the Ottoman Empire and Islam in an unfavorable political light, and other Romantics spoke of the value of their literature. Between Europe and the Ottoman Empire, a mutual idealistic view of the other culture, but no interest in adopting. Really the other European cultures saying oh look how pretty and exoitic the Ottoman Empire is, but not engaging in its culture further.