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2023-3

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Caferoğlu, Azize Serde

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Hosni Mubarak and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali came to power in the 1980s and served as the "authoritarian" leaders of Egypt and Tunisia until 2011. For almost three decades, Tunisia and Egypt have gone through similar processes of repression and socio-economic strains. In 2010, the Arab Uprisings began as a response to oppressive and violent regimes of the Middle East within a form of anti-government protests. The Arab Uprisings was initially perceived as a revolutionary wave that would overthrow the authoritarian regimes and bring democracy. However, for most of the region, authoritarianism remained still. Following the uprisings, Egypt faced with a military takeover. Although it was followed by an election that brought Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated politician Mohamed Morsi in charge, in 2013, another military coup d'état overthrew Morsi. Tunisia, on the other hand, posited an exception in the region as the country embarked on a democratic transition through a process of non-violent dialogues and negotiations while struggling throughout the process. However, in July 2021, Tunisian President Kais Saeid dismissed the government and freezed the parliament. For some, this action of the president was interpreted as a civilian coup d'état. This thesis focuses on the different trajectories of Tunisia and Egypt following the Uprisings and the reasons for the failure of democratization process in two countries.

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The Arab Uprisings, The Middle East, Authoritarianism, Democratization, Transition

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/102774

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis