Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi will travel to Turkey on Sunday to try to strengthen an emerging alliance of the two moderate Islamist governments in a region beset by conflict and instability. Even though Morsi has only been in power for a few months, there are already strong signs a partnership with Turkey is forming — evident by the two governments teaming up to try to end Syria's civil war by firmly backing President Bashar Assad's exit from power. Earlier this month, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu visited the Egyptian capital Cairo and pledged $2 billion in aid to boost confidence in an economy badly battered by a tourism slump, strikes and ongoing protests since the fall of authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak in last year's uprising. In a 12-hour visit, Morsi will try to strengthen economic ties with Turkey — a country his Muslim Brotherhood group views as a success story of Muslim governance, boasting a strong economy along with Western ties and Islamic piety. Turkey, a NATO member with a mostly Muslim (but not Arab) population, has been touted as a democratic model for Egypt and other Arab countries swept by popular revolts over the past two years.