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Turkey's Top Prosecutor Tries to Ban Ruling Party

A long-running power struggle in Turkey between rival political factions has gone to court. Turkey's chief prosecutor is trying to ban the country's ruling party's leadership from politics for the next five years. Critics call the move against the democratically elected government an attempted judicial coup d'etat.

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