BBC: Turkey's Constitutional Court has annulled key parts of a package of government-backed constitutional reforms, reports say.
The court rejected an opposition appeal to scrap all of the measures, and said the remaining elements would be put to a referendum as planned.
The court annulled changes which would curb the power of the judiciary and the army, AFP news agency said.
The ruling AKP says the reforms are necessary if Turkey is to join the EU.
But the nationalist opposition and senior judges are against measures they say would threaten the independence of the courts.
There is a gulf of mistrust between the AKP and the two secular opposition parties, the CHP and MHP, says the BBC's Jonathan Head in Istanbul.
The CHP believes the AKP has a hidden agenda to weaken the secular system and promote Islamic values. >>> | Wednesday, July 07, 2010
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