Is Turkey’s Justice and Development Party a future model for the Arab world?

Is Turkey’s Justice and Development Party a future model for the Arab world?

The Century Foundation and the Heinrich Boell Foundation invite you to attend a conference on


A View from the Middle East:


Is Turkey’s Justice and Development Party a future model for the Arab world?


The Justice and Development Party (AKP) is now engaged in a political struggle with the country’s secular establishment, and the outcome is unclear. Western governments had hoped the party’s leaders could create a model of governance for Islamic parties in the Arab world. But how does this play in the Arab world?


On May 15, The Century Foundation and the Heinrich Boell Foundation will host a panel discussion to examine the crisis the AKP now faces due to calls for its dissolution and how the AKP is viewed in the Arab world. This discussion will provide a rare opportunity to hear from important voices in the region.


Panelists:


· Merat Mercan, Chairman of the Turkish parliament’s foreign relations committee and a founding member of the AKP


· Ibrahim El-Houdaiby, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt


· Abderazzak Makri, Movement for the Society of Peace in Algeria


· Mohamed Yatim, Deputy Secretary General of the Party of Justice and Development in Morocco


Moderator:


Geneive Abdo, Fellow, The Century Foundation, and author of works on contemporary Islam


Place and Time:
The Center for American Progress
1333 H Street, NW
10th floor conference room
Washington, DC


May 15, 2008, 10 a.m –1p.m.
(A buffet lunch will be served.)


Please RSVP by May 8, 2008 to the following address: [email protected]