taken from: adkronosinternational: 6/8/08:

"TURKEY: CENTRE RIGHT MOTHERLAND PARTY QUITS ELECTIONS


Istanbul, 8 June (AKI) -
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Also on Friday, Turkey's Electorate Council, the body which regulates the elections, vetoed the candidature of thee ethnic Kurdish candidates - Orhan Dogan, Selim Sadak and Hatip Dicle - accusing them of of extremism. The three, all former members of the defunct Kurdish-rights Democracy Party (DEP) - banned by the authorities for its perceived extremism - had planned to run as independents."