Kurdish demonstrators protest near the White House before Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington on November 5, 2007. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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Headlines From the Arab Press
What the Arab papers said on July 8:
Turkey's Ruling Party Stands Ground in Court
AMMAN -- The Turkish ruling party was Thursday fighting for its legal survival in a very lengthy defense argument to the constitutional court, refuting charges that it poses a threat to the secular system and using the European Union card to pressure the highest court against attempts to ban the party.
Turkey's Political Battle Enters Court
AMMAN – In the latest twist in Turkeys major political battle between secularists and the moderate Islamist government, police arrested suspected anti-government nationalists hours before the start of a landmark trial in the countrys highest court, which was aimed at bringing the ruling party down.
