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The Middle East and North Africa region can be defined as a region that is mostly Muslim / Arab and focuses on today's democracy discussions. The social and economic crises that emerged in the region during the 21st century are considered as a beginning for the establishment of democracy in the regional administrations. However, the process, which took its place in the literature as the Arab Spring, seems to have resulted against democracy. This study analyzes why recent searches for democracy in the Middle East and North Africa regions have resulted negatively. Democracy discussions constitute the conceptual framework of the study. In the light of current debates on democracy, the emergence process of the Arab Spring, its results and the current situation in the region were evaluated. In this context, the point that Arab Spring countries have reached today has been analyzed and the positive and negative effects of the Arab Spring on the countries in the region have been evaluated. As a result, it was found that the crises experienced in the Arab Spring process did not respond to the demands for democracy, but on the contrary, they reinforce the existence of existing authoritarian governments and create distrust towards democracy in the people of the region. Therefore, this study claims to fill the gap in the literature by providing a critical look at the democracy crisis experienced by countries in the Middle East and North Africa geography

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