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Khalid
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"attack on democracy" in turkey!!!
March 31, 2008 - 04:11 AM
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public prosecutor of tukey, finally, filed a petition in the constitutional court to ask for ban on PKK. the report is:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7321964.stm
"Turkey's constitutional court is expected to rule whether or not to hear a case aimed at closing down the country's governing AK party.
The chief prosecutor has filed a petition calling for the party to be closed for "anti-secular activities".
He also wants dozens of its members, including the prime minister and president, to be banned from politics. The case revives a battle between Turkey's secularist establishment and the AK party of devout Muslims.
'Attack on democracy'
The case against the AKP runs to 162 pages: a long list of what the chief prosecutor says is proof the government has an Islamic agenda.
The scarf reform has prompted major controversy in Turkey
The main focus of his petition is the government's bid to relax the rules on the Islamic headscarf.
The AKP recently changed the constitution, so girls could cover their heads in universities.
Staunch secularists fear that is a first step to an Islamic state - by a party whose leaders once espoused political Islam.
The AKP argues the case against it is an attack on democracy.
It won 47% of the vote at the last elections, and most opinion polls show strong support for lifting the ban on the headscarf.
The Constitutional Court is expected to examine the charges though, launching a legal battle that will last for many months.
That is sure to paralyse the political agenda here - to freeze a whole series of reforms - and most likely, spark an exodus of foreign investment.
The EU has expressed its concern at the case, saying it could jeopardise Turkey's ambitions of membership."
is it not agianst democracy?? if a party wins 341 seats out of 550, means its majority, now let the party do whatever is demanded by the masses, provided it conforms with the rules of change.
what do u say about this issue?
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Ashraf
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Re: "attack on democracy" in turkey!!!
April 1, 2008 - 05:17 PM
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Secularism is not the cure to every society. It might be the solution to some countries but it looks it is losing its grip on the Turkish political system.
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