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Conservative democracy
Conservative democracy (Turkish: Muhafazakâr demokrasi ) is a term coined by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of Turkey to describe their prevailing political outlook on social and moral issues. Forming as a modernist break-away party from former Islamist movements, the AKP's conservative democratic ideology has been described as a departure from or moderation of Islamic democracy and the endorsement of more secular and democratic values. The electoral success and the Neo-Ottoman foreign policy of the AKP that aims to broaden Turkey's regional influence has led to the party's conservative democratic ideals to be mirrored in other countries, such as by the Justice and Development Party in Morocco and the Ennahda Movement in Tunisia.

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