The AKP’s accountability crisis

The AKP’s inability to provide accounts of its spending from the previous year generates uproar in Turkey’s parliament, raising questions on the legitimacy of the 2014 budget.
Turkish journalist and Republican People's Party (CHP) MP Mustafa Balbay addresses the members of the Turkish Parliament during a debate on a draft budget as Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (rear C) and his ministers listen in Ankara December 10, 2013. Turkish journalist Mustafa Balbay took his oath of office as a member of parliament on Tuesday after his release from nearly five years in prison on security charges, raising hope among other jailed deputies that they could follow in his footsteps. REU
Turkish journalist and Republican People's Party (CHP) MP Mustafa Balbay addresses the members of the Turkish parliament during a debate on a draft budget as Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (rear C) and his ministers listen, Ankara, Dec. 10, 2013. - REUTERS/Umit Bektas
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Pinar Tremblay
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Turkey’s ruling party AKP (Justice and Development Party) prefers to be referred as the AK Party rather than AKP.

This goes against the norm.

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