Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Turkey: Governing Party Takes Action to Evade Court Ban

"TURKEY: GOVERNING PARTY TAKES ACTION TO EVADE COURT BAN
Yigal Schleifer 4/08/08

Faced with the looming possibility of being closed down by Turkey’s Constitutional Court, the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) seems to be making a political turn back toward the center. Perhaps hoping Brussels might come to the rescue, party leaders in recent days have refocused attention on European Union-oriented reforms as a way of staving off the threat to their political future."

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