Saturday, October 29, 2011

Arab wave sweeps Iran model out, Turkey ‘in’

Arab wave sweeps Iran model out, Turkey ‘in’

Friday, October 28, 2011
BARÇIN YİNANÇ
BEIRUT - Hürriyet Daily News

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call for secularism has calmed the fears of those concerned Turkey was about to create a network of Muslim Brotherhood-led governments to control the Arab world, said a regional expert. His statement also relieved the secularists who feared the Islamists, said Paul Salem, the director of Carnegie Middle East Center. Turkey stands as the most attractive model, since other models like Iran have failed, Salem told the Daily News in a recent interview in Beirut.

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