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Prosecutor asks Turkish court to close ruling party | |
2008-03-15 | |
A state prosecutor asked Turkey's top court on Friday to shut the ruling AK Party for anti-secular activities, intensifying tensions between the secular elite and the Islamist-rooted government. Turkish television channels quoted the Court of Appeals Chief Prosecutor Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya as saying he also wanted President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, and senior AK Party members banned from politics for five years. He said a government move to lift a ban on women students wearing the Muslim headscarf amounted to anti-secular actions.
The AK Party has been locked in a battle with Turkey's secularist establishment, including judges and army generals, since it first came to power in 2002. Secularists says the AK Party is seeking to undermine separation of state and religion. The AK Party denies it has any Islamist agenda. It was not immediately clear whether the move would hurt Turkish financial markets which were closed when the announcement was made. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 Does he have good, and they'll have to be very good, bodyguard detail? |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-03-15 07:43 |