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FILE – In this Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Egyptian President Muhammed Morsi attend the congress of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party in Ankara, Turkey. (AP Photo/File.)
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Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses the audience during Turkey-EU Readmission Agreement Signing Ceremony in Ankara on December 16, 2013. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas)
Debate: Turkey could form an alliance with the Gulf states
Given the diversity of geopolitical and economic challenges faced by the Arab world, a long-term alliance between Turkey and the Gulf states can only be beneficial for the region. There are several reasons why such an alliance can be instrumental in helping to bring...Caption:
File photo of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan making the Rabaa Al-Adawiya sign during a speech.
Debate: Turkey can no longer play an active role in the Middle East
Turkey is an example of a country whose regional and international role skyrocketed in a short time, before collapsing dramatically in less than three years. Before the Justice and Development Party (AKP) emerged, Turkey, for more than 80 years, had turned its back on...Caption:
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan walks with his walks with his Iraqi counterpart Nuri Al-Maliki in a ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, on August 7, 2007. (AFP/Getty Images)
Debate: Turkey can still play an active role in the Middle East
While it does partially reflect the truth, the notion that Turkey’s zero problems with its neighbors has turned into zero good relations with any neighbor has become a boring cliché. Indeed, there is a stark difference between the popularity Turkey enjoyed in both the...Caption:
The Facebook logo is pictured at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California January 29, 2013. (REUTERS/Robert Galbraith)
Debate: Social media allows radical Islamism to spread
New media tools have evolved into diverse online forms, contributing to a stronger feeling of unity across the Muslim world. Islamist movements have diversified into various orders, such as the Salafists, the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Qaeda and Hizb ut-Tahrir, which all...Caption:
FILE – In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011, file photo, a Facebook User Operations Safety Team worker looks at reviews at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)