Misir 2012

Egypt has been experiencing a painful transition to civilian rule in the aftermath of the people's revolution that took place in the early days of 2011. In the post-revolution period, political actors of the old regime feared that they will lose their privileged position they held in the past....

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Published in:Ortadoğu yıllığı 2012-01, p.184
Main Author: Telci, Ismail Numan
Format: Article
Language:Turkish
Subjects:
Foreign policy
Islamic countries
Morsi, Mohammed
Political systems
Revolutions
Transitions
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Summary:Egypt has been experiencing a painful transition to civilian rule in the aftermath of the people's revolution that took place in the early days of 2011. In the post-revolution period, political actors of the old regime feared that they will lose their privileged position they held in the past. Indeed, 2012 has been the year for a new set of social and political actors to enter the political life of post-revolutionary Egypt in which they had to deal with heavy resistance from the actors of the old regime. The presidential election in June resulted in the victory of Muslim Brotherhood's candidate Muhammad Morsi who had to confront with a number of attacks from the opposition as part of the power struggle between new and old actors within the state. Morsi's announcement of the constitutional decree in November was a huge blow for the old regime actors who were even more furious when the new constitution was approved with a landslide yes vote in the referendum in December. Despite the heavy opposition to his rule Muhammad Morsi's first six months in power was sound but also fragile. In this article Egypt's transition period from military rule to civil administration in 2012 IS thoroughly analyzed. In addition, the foreign policy of Egypt under both Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and Muhammad Mursi is investigated. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:2146-7595