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October 14, 2012

Turkey Never an Arab Spring Model

Magdy Aziz Tobia, Jerusalem Post

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A question worth scrutiny is who promoted the idea of a Turkish model to be followed by Arab Spring countries?

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TAGGED: Middle East, Arab Spring, AKP, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey

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