Across Arab world, mixed feelings about Turkey's Erdogan

June 07, 2013 03:19

Until recently, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan could count on a warm welcome in the countries of the Arab uprisings. But these days, as his experience in Tunis today shows, he can expect a few hecklers too.

Erdogan's Islamist Justice and Development Party, which has presided over a period of sustained economic expansion at home, may be seen by some in the Arab world as a model for what Islamist parties likeTunisia's Ennahda could become.

But clashes in the past week between Turkish security forces and protesters complaining Erdogan is behaving more like a dictator than a democrat has cooled Arab ardor for the Turkish leader.

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