ATC head: "Turkey doesn't need any lessons froö abroad"

Turkey doesn't need to take lessons from outside on the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said American-Turkish Council (ATC) head James H. Holmes yesterday. In an interview with Cumhuriyet daily ahead of an ATC meeting beginning in Washington on Sunday, Holmes said it was wrong for Americans or Europeans to weigh in on the case. "Turkey has institutions, experience, a democratic history and structure, and legal and political system to solve these kinds of issues on its own," he added. Expressing concern about the economic and political fallout of the case, he said, "Our duty is to put more trust in our partner Turkey."