Rethinking Muslim Democrats: Indonesian and Turkish Models of Democracy in the Post Arab Spring Countries

M. Sya’roni Rofii

2018

Abstract

Turkey and Indonesia are two Muslim countries that have long experiences in managing democracy. Indonesia and Turkey hold a predicate as a predominantly Muslim country with a secular character which give them the privilege to claim the status as a model for democracy in the Muslim World. The event of the Arab Spring which change the landscape of politics in the Middle East also opens a space for both countries to share their model of democracy. This paper explains the place of Indonesian and Turkish democracy model in the middle of a democratic transition in post Arab Spring countries. The paper also shows the new transformations in Middle East countries especially Tunisia after installing fundamental pillars of democracy within its system. Tunisia succeeds in managing transition because of the support from civil society organizations and political leaders, while the rest are unstable. Decisions to transform state system from authoritarian toward democracy in most Arab Spring countries mostly initiated by non-governmental organization who have international network. This paper using qualitative approach, while during the process of research, the author elaborates number of the latest data in the form of books, research reports, and news to answers research question of the research.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rofii M. (2018). Rethinking Muslim Democrats: Indonesian and Turkish Models of Democracy in the Post Arab Spring Countries.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 1691-1698. DOI: 10.5220/0009933816911698

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={M. Sya’roni Rofii},
title={Rethinking Muslim Democrats: Indonesian and Turkish Models of Democracy in the Post Arab Spring Countries},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={1691-1698},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009933816911698},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - Rethinking Muslim Democrats: Indonesian and Turkish Models of Democracy in the Post Arab Spring Countries
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Rofii M.
PY - 2018
SP - 1691
EP - 1698
DO - 10.5220/0009933816911698