Some see Turkey as a useful model for new Arab regimes: survey
Sunday, 05 February 2012
For many in the Arab world, Turkey embodies something of an elusive ideal: an Islamist-based democracy with a strong economy.
A survey published Thursday by the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, a non-governmental think-tank, found almost 80 percent of respondents in the Middle East had a favorable view of Turkey, and three out of five considered the country a model for a modern Islamic state.
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