"Turkey's governing party avoids being shut down for anti-secularism
· Judges vote one shy for banning AKP outright
· Highest court's concerns enough to cut public funds
* Robert Tait in Istanbul
Turkey staved off a full-blown political crisis and a descent into prolonged uncertainty yesterday after the governing party narrowly escaped being wound up for allegedly plotting an Islamic state."
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