Turkey Court Takes Politically Explosive Case

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Turkey Court Takes Politically Explosive Case (Published 2008)

Sabrina Tavernise •

Turkey’s highest court decided to hear a case seeking to disband the governing party and ban its top leaders from politics.

heads up: this is a pretty old post, it may be outdated.

The secular government of Turkey has gotten the Supreme Court to hear a case on banning their main party from politics. The competing party, which insists that they to are secular has been increasing in popularity and represents the single biggest challenger to the current government.

My question is this: Which is less democratic: to ban a religiously tilted political party or to ban a political party?