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Comment is free: Fundamentally secular

"Fundamentally secular

Turkey's ruling party does not represent a threat to the tenets of its constitution, and the chief prosecutor is wrong to suggest otherwise
Alfred Stepan

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March 25, 2008 3:00 PM | Printable version

The chief prosecutor of Turkey's high court of appeals recently recommended to the country's constitutional court that the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) be permanently banned. Only last July, the AKP was overwhelmingly re-elected in free and fair elections to lead the government. The chief prosecutor also formally recommended that prime minister Recep Erdogan, president Abdullah Gul, and 69 other leading political figures be banned from politics five years."

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