BDP could face closure case following KCK indictment
6 April 2012 / E. BARIŞ ALTINTAŞ, İSTANBUL The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) could face a closure case at the Constitutional Court -- only three years after its predecessor, the Democratic Society Party (DTP), was shut down by the same high court -- after a prosecutor conducting an investigation into the terrorist Kurdistan Communities’ Union (KCK) network accused the BDP of having links to the KCK. The prosecutor sent a copy of the indictment regarding the KCK, which was accepted by an İstanbul court earlier this week, to the Prosecutor’s Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals. After their review, if the Supreme Court of Appeals’ prosecutors establish that the KCK is indeed linked to the BDP, they may file charges against the BDP seeking to close it down on charges of separatism. Columnist Bülent Korucu said the only way to avoid party closures is to adopt solid legislation. “Turkey has to base party closures on solid criteria. At this point, the only fair criteria in that rega