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Turkey's AK Party works to scrap special courts | Reuters

Turkey's AK Party works to scrap special courts

By Ozge Ozbilgin

ANKARA | Wed Jun 27, 2012 7:37am EDT

(Reuters) - Turkey's ruling AK Party plans to abolish widely criticized special courts used in the trials of alleged coup plotters, a parliament official told Reuters on Wednesday, making the future of the politically sensitive cases uncertain.

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