While violence seems to consume so much of the Muslim world, a different kind of Islamic revolution is taking place in Turkey. We could say that a new "model" is in the making. It's not the example ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey – The deadly suicide bombings that hit Istanbul twice in the last week have raised fears that Al Qaeda is targeting Turkey because the country is viewed as a model for moderate Muslim ...

In the Arab states that have ousted dictators and begun building new political and economic systems, many are looking to Turkey as an example of a modern, moderate Muslim state that works. Perhaps no ...

Despite much talk about the possibility of reproducing the Turkish state model in Egypt, which would give the military a role in internal politics to safeguard the secularism of the state, experts ...

Regarding your recent article on the Egyptian presidential elections, Turkey has no claims or aspirations to be a ”model” for the Middle East (“Slouching toward democracy,” June 27). We are ready to ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. A recent poll conducted by YouGov asked respondents across the Arab world what ...

Turkey’s political leadership under Recep Tayyip Erdogan is projecting the country as a successful model of democracy for Arab states emerging from authoritarian rule. A closer look casts doubt on the ...

Both pundits and diplomats are suggesting that a post-Mubarak Egypt might adopt a “Turkish model,” a reference to the supposed balance between political Islam and democracy. The irony, however, is ...

The so-called Turkish model is currently en vogue in Pakistan. Political figures as varied as Imran Khan and Yousaf Raza Gilani have called for Pakistan to take heed from the experience of its ...

It is impossible to have a political conversation these days – and politics is all Egyptians ever talk about – without the word Turkey cropping up within minutes. Turkey is the topic of interest: ...