Why Party Bans Often Don’t Work - How an Attempt to Ban Turkey’s AKP Backfired

In July 2008, in an intensely debated and enormously consequential case, Turkey’s Constitutional Court weighed whether to close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and ban its 71 leading members, including then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Six of the eleven justices voted in favor...

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Main Authors: Andrew O'Donohue, Cem Tecimer
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbH 2024-04-01
Series:Verfassungsblog
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Online Access:https://verfassungsblog.de/why-party-bans-often-dont-work/