Turkish Top Prosecutor Yalcinkaya makes his verbal defence

Top Prosecutor Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya has made his verbal defence about his written statement for the closure of the current ruling political party Justice and Development Party (AK Party). Authorities from AK Party; Bekir Bozdag and Cemil Cicek will make their own defence in the case on 3rd of July to the Constitutional Court.

On March, Yalcinkaya made written statement and demanded closure of AK Party and 71 members of the party including Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and President of Turkey; Abdullah Gul. Yalcinkaya claimed that the party is “the focal point of anti-secular activities”. Yalcinkaya claims are mainly on thread the party is creating to the laic system in the country and leading the country to a more Islamist path.

Trail is expected to take around one to three months after the AK Party’s speeding up the process of the case in order be able to see the future of the party and also their decide on their political strategies. There are also wide spread claims that AK Party has already started to found a new party which would gather the remains of AK Party under it’s umbrella for the coming elections.

Gökhan KURTARAN