Court to begin initial examination of AKP closure case

Speaking to reporters yesterday, Constitutional Court Deputy Chief Justice Osman Paksut said that copies of Chief Prosecutor Abdurrahman Yalcinkaya's indictment seeking closure of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) had been given to members of the court, thus officially beginning the case's legal process. Paksut said that a preliminary examination of the indictment would be done by the top court's members within about 10 days. He added that a report on a separate case challenging recent constitutional changes on the headscarf issue has yet to be completed, saying that he expects the court will take it up by this weekend.