Turkey’s dark side. Party closures, conspiracies and the future of democracy

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Publication Date 2008
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2007 was a dramatic year for Turkish politics and society, even by the standards of a country used to political drama. However, few people would have expected 2008 to be even more
volatile, and potentially catastrophic, for Turkish democracy.

The fact that the Turkish Constitutional Court agreed unanimously on 31 March 2008 to hear an appeal by the Chief Prosecutor to close down the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) and to ban 70 of its members from political life was a serious blow to the credibility of Turkish democracy.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.esiweb.org/pdf/esi_document_id_104.pdf
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ESI: ESI Briefing: Turkey's dark side. Party closures, conspiracies and the future of democracy http://www.esiweb.org/index.php?lang=en&id=156&document_ID=104

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