Review: ‘The New Turkey and its Discontents’
by: Review by Siona Jenkins
In the heady days of 2012, when Egypt’s revolution had yet to turn sour, a member of the former royal family surprised me by saying that a Muslim Brotherhood government would be a good thing. “Look at Turkey,” he said, describing how the moderately Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) had grown the economy and improved living standards without destroying secular culture. This, he said, was the new model for the region.
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