Under july court ruling, AKP to return half of its treasury aid to finance ministry

Under the terms of a July Constitutional Court decision, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is set to pay back about 22 million YTL to the Finance Ministry within one month. Rejecting calls to close the AKP for alleged anti-secularism, the top court had instead sliced in half the Treasury aid the AKP received this year as a warning to the party. The AKP had been slated to receive about 45 million YTL from the Treasury from funds for parties that pass the 10% election threshold.