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From: The Washington Post | Date: May 7, 1999 | Copyright information

THE MIDDLE EAST Turk Prosecutor Moves to Ban Virtue Party

ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's top prosecutor Vural Savas opened a case today to ban the Islam-based Virtue Party for allegedly trying to overthrow the country's secular constitution and replace it with Islamic law, the state-run Anatolian news agency said. The party has been the focus of fierce attacks from secularists since Merve Kavakci, a Virtue Party member recently elected to parliament, caused a storm by entering the legisla...

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