Answer 1
Israel, Turkey, and Cyprus have governments where all citizens over a certain age can vote for political parties that occupy seats in a Parliament and create a ruling coalition. This coalition appoints the Prime Minister and takes over the affairs of governance between the fair and non-fraudulent elections. If current Tunisia (in North Africa, but not the Middle East proper) continues to behave the way it did in the previous election by the time the next election comes, it too will become a Parliamentary Democracy.
Answer 2
Israel is the only true democracy in the Middle East. Turkey is relatively close to being a democracy, but there are some aspects of liberal society that are missing.
Answer 3
Officially speaking, Egypt, Israel, Iran, right to the eastern edge of the middle east, Pakistan and Afghanistan. However for all intents and purposes the Israeli cliche is largely right; most countries are so corrupt, Israel is the near east's "only democracy" but even that cliche may in fact be wrong. As the saying goes "where there's smoke there's fire," the internet, and even obscure but reputable academic works, are all abuzz with rumors that Israel is in fact a fascist state, with a socialist economy favoring a few powerful elite, passing itself off as a democracy, when it in fact isn't.
I will not say, that is a fact, I will only parrot the now cliche'd saying "where there's smoke there's fire
Commentary on Answer 3
Egypt, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan are NOT democracies. They are either run by a royal family or a have a tribal leader in charge. The censorship is so bad in Egypt that magazines/newspapers are gone through to make sure there is not any content against the religion of the region. The Iranian election in 2009 shows it is not a democracy and is run by a group of powerful priests. If Afghanistan is a democracy why are we going to send 40,000+ men into it? There is no government there and Pakistan has a puppet government that is controlled by the military.
There are three: Turkey, Cyprus, and Israel, although you are probably looking for Israel considering that Turkey and Cyprus had less stable phases in the 1970s and 1980s.
No. Turkey, along with Israel, is a liberal parliamentary democracy in the Middle East Other imperfect democracies in this region include Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, and Kuwait.
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Israel is certainly a Middle Eastern democracy, but there are two others: Turkey and Cyprus.
In 1790 the middle east was under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
There is not one style of democracy in the Middle East, but many. Countries such as Turkey and Israel (the Middle East's only true democracies) have vastly different systems for governance. Quasi-democracies like Egypt, Lebanon, and Iraq also have very different systems for governance. Please specify an individual country and the differences can be discussed.
Generally speaking, the tribalism common in most Middle East countries prevents the creation of a liberal body-politick that can tolerate dissenting voices without resorting to violence. Of course, there are some democracies in the Middle East, such as Turkey, Israel, and Cyprus.
No, it wanted to become a theocracy like most of the other countries in the Middle East are.
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a scimitar's a type of sword, often used in the middle east.
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