Turkey's Ruling Party Not Pursuing Secret Agenda - Deputy Premier
Posted on: Saturday, 5 July 2008, 12:00 CDT
Text of report in English by Turkish news agency Anatolia
Ankara, 4 July: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party made public on Friday [4 July] the contents of its defensive statement against charges in a case filed to disband the party.
Deputy Premier Cemil Cicek submitted AK Party's verbal defence in a more than six-hour hearing at the Constitutional Court on Thursday.
"AK Party does not have a secret understanding, policy guidelines, programme or intention. The AK Party never had and never will have a secret agenda," Cicek said.
"Trying to find a solution on a ban enforced to female students studying at universities; a solution based on the Constitution and existing laws are not attempts that could be described as against the Turkish Constitution and secularism," Cicek said.
"During AK Party's term in office, there was no interference to political, economic, cultural and social lives of individuals," Cicek said. (More)
Originally published by Anatolia news agency, Ankara, in English 1625 4 Jul 08.
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