Turkey’s ruling party is in the country’s highest court defending itself against charges that it had sought to undermine the secular system and should be closed down.

Representatives of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) arrived at the Constitutional Court on Thursday at 0700 GMT to present their case.

Cemil Cicek, the deputy prime minister, and Bekir Bozdag, a senior politician from the AKP will deliver their arguments to judges in a closed session.

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