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...closure verdict wasn't given because we didn't reach the required seven votes," judge Hasim Kilic told a packed news conference. "But this verdict is a serious warning. I hope that the party in question will draw the necessary conclusions...
...court decided to take the middle road," says Sahin Alpay, political scientist at Bahcesehir University. "The verdict neither humiliates that half of the population which voted for this government, nor does it disappoint those sections of society who have concerns about...
...seem that Erdogan has little other option. Building broad social consensus may also be his only real guarantee against the secularist old guard, who have stepped in with military coups and judicial decisions against elected governments in the past, and may yet do so again. So while today's verdict was a victory for the government, it was also a warning...
Temperatures in Turkey are rising, but it's not just a matter of the fierce July sun. A verdict in a landmark case to shut down the government for alleged Islamism is expected by next week, and a prosecutor recently alleged that a powerful cabal of nationalist hit men has plotted to bring the country's institutions to a fall. So when two fatal bombs ripped through a working-class Istanbul neighborhood on Sunday night, killing 17 and injuring another 150, the already palpable tension in Turkey went up another few notches...
...judges are expected to reach a decision by next week - a verdict requires 7 out of 11 votes. They are largely a staunchly secularist group, with an aversion to the politics of Erdogan and company. But the judges are also bound to weigh the evidence on legal grounds and decide whether the government's actions, regarding the headscarf and other matters, warrant such drastic action...