"Turkey bans pro-Kurd party over ties to rebels
Verdict set to complicate efforts to end long conflict with minority group
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's Constitutional Court on Friday shut down the country's pro-Kurdish political party on charges of ties to Kurdish rebels.
The court also banned dozens of members from joining other political parties for five years and expelled two of its legislators from parliament. The expelled lawmakers included party leader Ahmet Turk. "
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