Turkish model

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's trip to Washington last month showed just how far the Turkish government's reputation has plunged in the West. Erdo?an's security team stirred outrage by roughing up both protesters and ordinary reporters trying to enter the Brookings Institution think tank, where he spoke on March 31.

'The Fall of the Turkish Model: How the Arab Uprisings Brought Down Islamic Liberalism' by Cihan Tu?al (Verso, £20, 304 pages)