Güncelleme Tarihi:
The first day of court deliberations continued for nearly 13 hours. The
"We don't accept inculcation from anybody,"
In the Ergenekon investigation nearly one hundred people, including anti-AKP politicians, journalists and intellectuals, are accused of being members of an illegal organization believed to be planning provoking events that would pave the way for a military coup to overthrow the ruling government. A number of the accused are still being held in custody pending trial.
Many questions whether the operation is being used to suppress opponents of the ruling party.
Lawyer Mustafa Kemal Turan, appointed by Turkish citizen, Omer Ozgur Korkmaz, applied to the constitutional court ahead of the court's session demanding the recuse of four court members, chairman Hasim Kilic, and deputy Osman Paksut, and court members Serruh Kaleli and Necmi Ozler, claiming they are biased towards the case.
POSSIBLE SCENARIOS
The The Under the constitution, a qualified majority of votes is required to disband a political party which means at least seven out of 11 members of the court need to vote in favor of the closure of the party.  The court board will come together every day until they reach a decision.  EC COMMENT  The European Commission (EC) should see both the verdict and the reason of the closure case, Amadeu Altafaj Tardio, the spokesman of the commission, said on Monday.  Tardio said every one had to respect the court, adding it was important to act in accordance with the principle of separation of forces.
It was not a right thing to comment on the possible impact of the case on Turkey-European Union (EU) full membership negotiations before the case was concluded, Tardio told his regular daily press briefing.