Turkey court bans pro-Kurdish party

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Source: al jazeera

Turkey's constitutional court has banned the country's main pro-Kurdish party for having links to armed separatist fighters.

The court voted on Friday to shut down the Democratic Society Party (DTP) and banned dozens of members from joining other political parties for five years.

It also expelled two of the party's politicians, including Ahmet Turk, the DTP leader, from parliament.
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The ruling is likely to hamper Turkey's efforts to join the European Union, which had warned Ankara that banning the party would violate Kurdish rights.


Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/12/20091211164059977486.html

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back to tensions in just some days, i assume.