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Thursday, December 15, 2011

Portuguese Lessons for Turkey's Role in the Arab Spring

Portuguese Lessons for Turkey's Role in the Arab Spring
By Soner Cagaptay
Hurriyet Daily News, December 15, 2011

On April 25, 1974, the "Carnation Revolution" shook Portugal's 48-year-old dictatorship. A group of army officers, joined by the masses and underground communist movement, rebelled against the regime. Surprisingly, the dictatorship collapsed like a house of cards.

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