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Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (R) talks to Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi during a news conference in Ankara September 30, 2012 (REUTERS/Yasin Bulbul/Prime Minister's Press Office/Handout).

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Muslim Politics Without an "Islamic" State: Can Turkey's Justice and Development Party Be a Model for Arab Islamists?

February 21, 2013, Ahmet T. Kuru

Ahmet T. Kuru explores the relationship between Islamism and secularism in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Kuru argues that the differences between the Arab and Turkish contexts need not inhibit the adoption of certain aspects of the AKP model. Rather, dividends brought by the AKP’s pragmatism and the party's success in pursuing Muslim politics without seeking an “Islamic” state may yet encourage Arab Islamists to do the same.

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