Will Turkey ban the AKP? - FRANCE 24

Latest update: 03/04/2008

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Will Turkey ban the AKP?

Turkey's highest court has agreed to hear a prosecutor's case to shut down the ruling AKP party for anti-secular activities. Is the party of Prime minister Rejep Tayyip Erdogan and President Abdullah Gul a threat for secularism in Turkey?

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