Banned Kurdish party may boycott Turkish parliament (CNN)

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Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Tensions between Turkey and the country's main Kurdish political party crackled further Saturday, with the group promising a boycott of parliament sessions a day after a court ruled to ban the movement.

A Democratic Society Party leader, Ahmet Turk, said the 19 remaining lawmakers from the party, known as the DTP, would be "practically withdrawing from the parliament," even though he stopped short of saying the parliamentarians will resign.

"We will not be attending the parliament sessions," he said.

If they don't resign, the remaining DTP parliamentarians could remain as lawmakers under another affiliation.

Constitutional Court judges ruled unanimously Friday to shut down the Democratic Society Party for being a "focal point for terrorism against the indivisible integrity of the state."
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/12/12/turkey.kurds/index.html




a "focal point for terrorism against the indivisible integrity of the state" -- isn't that the Teabaggers? Could they be banned? :P