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: the Democrat Party of Adnan Menderes (1950- 1960), the Motherland Party of Turgut Ozal (1983-1993), and the Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Recep Tayyip Erdogan (since 2002). All these political movements emphasized economic development, democratic politics, and respect for traditional religion. The lates

ic politics, and respect for traditional religion. The latest party in this chain, the AKP, is also the most interesting, for its founders such as Erdogan and Abdullah Gul came from the Islamist line in Turkish politics, but gradually moved toward the center-right. They embraced democratic rule, indiv

srael and Netanyahu, Pipe Down the Threats of War on Iran Leslie H. Gelb Article 5. The Daily Star A Turkish model of governance for the Arabs? Mustafa Akyol Article 6. The National Interest Dead End in Damascus Ariel Cohen Article 7. Yale-Global The Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's Economy? EFTA0068

ould create problems, by creating two popularly-elected top seats, but others welcomed it as more "democratization." It has been long believed that Erdogan wants this new, fancy presidency for himself. That is why, in fact, he pushed for a whole new constitutional system which would create a very, very

Daniel Abraham Article S. Al-Ahram Weekly Did Obama succeed in Riyadh? Al-Sayed Amin Shalabi Article 6. Hurriyet The next battle: Presidency Mustafa Akyol Article 7. The Economist Egypt's probable president: Pretending to be a civilian Article 8. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace What Wil

ing the general elections of 2011, because the whole psychology and the arguments of the election were on a national, if not nationalistic, basis. Erdogan defined the whole campaign, which he led in person, as Turkey's "war of liberation" against enemies within and without. And polls suggested that mo

le 4. The American Interest Releasing Pollard: Don't Do It, Mr. Secretary Daniel Kurtzer Article 5. Hurriyet Turkey - Lessons from the ballots Mustafa Akyol Article 6. The Council on Foreign Relations Split Persists Between Washington and Riyadh An interview with F. Gregory Gause III Article 7. NYT

uld create problems, by creating two popularly- elected top seats, but others welcomed it as more "democratization." It has been long believed that Erdogan wants this new, fancy presidency for himself. That is why, in fact, he pushed for a whole new constitutional system which would create a very, ver

ram Weekly Did Obama succeed in Riyadh? Al-Sayed Amin Shalabi Article 6. Htirriyet EFTA_R1_02203831 EFTA02720449 The next battle: Presidency Mustafa Akyol Article 7. The Economist Egypt's probable president: Pretending to be a civilian Article 8. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace What Wi

ostile as the Syrian leadership resisted reforms and engaged in large-scale massacres to subdue the opposition. With the support of Prime Minister Erdogan, Turkey's foreign minister Davutoglu positioned Ankara in the vanguard of the community of nations seeking regime change in Syria. Thus Ankara gave

rld Politics Review The Realist Prism: Tracing the Roots of the Arab Spring Nikolas Gvosdev Article 3. Hurriyet Daily News Turkey's longest war Mustafa Akyol Article 4. The National Interest Turkey's Syria Conundrum Sinan Ulgen Article 5. The Globe and Mail The `new cold war' is an information war