While violence seems to consume so much of the Muslim world, a different kind of Islamic revolution is taking place in Turkey. We could say that a new "model" is in the making. It's not the example ...

Regarding your recent article on the Egyptian presidential elections, Turkey has no claims or aspirations to be a ”model” for the Middle East (“Slouching toward democracy,” June 27). We are ready to ...

CAIRO – Now that Egypt has its first freely elected president, Egypt's powerful generals appear headed toward copying the Turkish model from decades past — retaining overwhelming powers while allowing ...

Turkey’s Cyprus Model Could Destroy the International Liberal Order: Today marks the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus. Turkish arguments that they intervened to protect the Cypriot ...

CAIRO - Turkey's prime minister presented his country as a model for an Arab world in turmoil, giving advice on everything from balancing secularism and Islam to challenging Israel during a ...

NPR's Robert Siegel, host of All Things Considered, reported this piece during a recent trip to Turkey. When protests broke out in Egypt this year, lots of talking heads invoked the same comparison: ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Turkish air force cadets march during a graduation ceremony at the Air Force war ...

The violent unrest upending Turkey raises a question: Is President Obama right in thinking that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a model leader? He calls Mr. Erdogan a close friend, and they ...

Both pundits and diplomats are suggesting that a post-Mubarak Egypt might adopt a “Turkish model,” a reference to the supposed balance between political Islam and democracy. The irony, however, is ...