Turkey's main opposition to challenge new police powers in top court


  • World
  • Tuesday, 16 Dec 2014

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the opening of an extension to an oil refinery near Istanbul December 15, 2014. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition party said on Tuesday will launch a legal challenge against a government-sponsored law expanding police search powers, saying it violates the rights of individuals.

A spokesman for the Republican People's Party (CHP), Turkey's leading secularist opposition, told reporters the legislation treats all Turks as suspects.

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