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Egypt’s generals eye Turkish model

June 27th, 2012

In this photo released by Middle East News Agency, the Egyptian official news agency, President-elect Mohammed Morsi, left, shakes hands with a Christian leader, name not given, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 27, 2012. Now that Egypt has its first freely elected civilian president, the still-dominant military may be seeking to emulate the Turkish model a mostly Muslim nation with a history of military rule and democratic evolution. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abd El-Maaty, Middle East News Agency, HO)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 a civilian regime complete with the trappings of democracy to emerge.

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