Closure case against ruling party creates shockwaves
The chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals applied to the Constitutional Court on Friday evening demanding that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) be disbanded.
Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya filed a court request for the closure of the AK Party, accusing it of "being a hotbed of anti-secular activities." The party won 47 percent of the votes in last year's general election.
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