NYT: TURKEY - Court Challenge for Leaders
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TURKEY - Court Challenge for Leaders
The deputy prime minister defended his party in court against charges that it was steering Turkey toward Islamic rule. Turkey’s chief prosecutor, Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya, wants to disband the governing Justice and Development Party and ban Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and 70 other party members from politics for five years. Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek argued in the party’s defense. The party has been locked in a power struggle with secular groups supported by the military, the judiciary and other state institutions.
Labels: Military, Secularism, Turkey
