Turkish Digest
 
ISSN No 1554-8414
Saturday, June 21, 2008
The Case Against Turkey's Ruling Party - Middle East Forum
"The Case Against Turkey's Ruling Party

by Michael Rubin
The American
June 20, 2008

Sometime this summer, Turkey's Constitutional Court will decide whether Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) violated the 'principles of a democratic and secular republic' that undergird the Turkish constitution and should be barred from politics. Across the Turkish political spectrum, most officials expect the Court to rule against the AKP, thus dissolving the party and banning Erdoğan and his closest aides for at least five years."

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