The New Nation - Internet Edition

Internet Edition. July 4, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM

Turkish ruling party rejects charges

AP, Ankara

Turkey's deputy prime minister is defending the ruling party in the country's top court against charges that it is steering the country toward Islamic rule.

The chief prosecutor is demanding that the Islamic-rooted party be disbanded and that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and 70 other party members be barred from joining a political party for five years.

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