"Will the Turkish Constitutional Court Ban the AKP?
By Soner Cagaptay, H. Akin Unver, and Hale Arifagaoglu
March 19, 2008
On March 14, Turkey's chief prosecutor, Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya, filed a case with the country's Constitutional Court asking it to shut down the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and ban seventy-one of its members from seeking elected office for five years. He accused the party of spearheading 'anti-secular activities' in violation of the Turkish constitution. Although the court's disposition is uncertain, the case is likely to strengthen the AKP regardless of the outcome."
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