Category Archives: Egypt

Türkiye Ortadoğu’ya ve Kuzey Afrika’ya Model Olabilir mi?

Bütün eksikliklerine rağmen, Türkiye’nin makul ölçüdeki demokratik ve laik sistemi gösteriyor ki nüfusunun çoğunluğunun Müslüman olduğu bir ülkede İslam ne demokrasiye ne de iyi yönetime mani değil. Continue reading

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Can Turkey Serve as a Model for the Middle East and North Africa?

Despite its shortcomings, Turkey’s ability to maintain a reasonably democratic and secular system in a Muslim-majority country shows that Islam does not preclude democratic or good governance. In the post-September 11 world, that fact can inspire burgeoning political movements in other Muslim countries and weaken non-Muslim prejudices against the Muslim world. Continue reading

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Egypt: “Sic Semper Tyrannis!”*

Now, Egyptians have to create a free and just political and economic system so that their country will never again be ruled by a modern-day pharaoh. Continue reading

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Notice to Egypt: Don’t Listen to Turkey, Iran, or Israel

Why would Egyptians want to replace one political regime producing an incompetent autocrat for other regimes that produce incompetent autocrats? Continue reading

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Protests in Egypt and Lessons from the Iranian Revolution

In Egypt, the largest political opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, has not yet responded to the events with violence. But that might change if violence becomes the only viable alternative to the current deadlock. Continue reading

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