The AKP gets banned, and Turkey goes to the brink of CIVIL WAR.

[Petros Houhoulis]

http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=111,id=93689144


As a result, the Cyprus issue won't get solved this year, and thy neighbors won't have much support from Turkey...

[Draco]

If they ban the party it's no big deal, they'll just form another one. What is significant is that Erdogan and other senior members of AKP may be banned from political activity, so who will lead the new party and why will the people vote for them? Many AKP votes will be lost to Atarturk's "People's Party" and to Bahceli's Nationalists (and Grey Wolves).

[Petros Houhoulis]

Originally Posted by Draco

If they ban the party it's no big deal, they'll just form another one. What is significant is that Erdogan and other senior members of AKP may be banned from political activity, so who will lead the new party and why will the people vote for them? Many AKP votes will be lost to Atarturk's "People's Party" and to Bahceli's Nationalists (and Grey Wolves).

I'm not sure that many people shall be lost that easily. Erdogan was himself banned from participating from the first elections that gave power to the AKP, and Gul was the prime minister instead of him for a small period of time. This can be repeated again and again...

[Tsontos]

Olli Rehn says this could break off EU accession negotiations:

YouTube - EU Discusses AKP's Closure Case " title="YouTube - EU Discusses AKP's Closure Case" target="_blank">YouTube - EU Discusses AKP's Closure Case

[Petros Houhoulis]

http://www.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=113,id=39386968

"«Η Τουρκία βαδίζει στην καταστροφή, θα πνιγούμε στο ίδιο μας το αίμα... Ετοιμαστείτε για μια Τουρκία βυθισμένη στην εσωτερική αστάθεια, επιθετική στο Αιγαίο και την Κύπρο». Αυτά λέει ανάμεσα σε άλλα ο γνωστός δημοσιογράφος Μεχμέτ Αλί Μπιράντ μιλώντας απόψε στην «Ερευνα» του Παύλου Τσίμα (ΜΕΓΚΑ, 24.00)."

Somebody should see that and tell us what is going on...