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Steven A. Cook


Affiliation:
Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

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February 25, 2011 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Recent political unrest in the Middle East has prompted a debate about whether Turkey, a transitioning democracy with Islamic roots, can serve as a model for political transformation in the Arab world. The panelists highlighted the distinctiveness of the "Turkish model" of governance and raised doubts about its potential to inform the political discourse in the revolting Middle East.
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