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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9715

1 August 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey
EU relieved at court's verdict on AKP and calls on Ankara to resume reform - accession negotiations to continue

Brussels, 31/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission gave a warm welcome to the Turkish Constitutional Court's verdict on 30 July to reject the demand to ban the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) for “anti-secular activities”. The party of president Abdullah Gul and prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, narrowly escaped being closed down: out of the eleven court judges, six voted for the ban - seven votes were needed. The Islamic-Conservative organisation was,...