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Contents 1 Comments 1.1 Taming of the bulb 1.2 AK Party leftist ?????? 1.3 Rewriting 1.4 Article is out of date 1.5 Offensive/inaccurate terminology 1.6 AK Parti Logo 1.7 Fair use rationale for Image:AKP Logo.png 1.8 current events edits 1.9 vandalism 1.10 Faulty hyperlinks

[edit] Comments

[edit] Taming of the bulb

"The party's logo is a lightbulb, symbolizing its plan for a modern yet religious Turkish Republic"

'never realised the lightbulb was a religious symbol!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.97.206.199 (talk • contribs) Just looking at the picture, if u remove the light bulb, you are left with the light. light=enlightenment=InnerPeace=Religion

wikipedia=internet=people=brainless creatures —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.179.206.102 (talk) 01:15, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

It is read at official site that "AK PARTi’nin amblemi stilize edilmifl yanan bir ampuldür. Ampul; ›fl›¤›, ayd›nl›¤›, fleffaf yönetimi ifade eder. Ampuldeki yanma, hareketi ve gayreti anlat›r." I translated it into English.Ayasi 23:09, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

The "Light" (türkish: "Nur") aspect of the logo is an allusion to the fact that the AKP is very strongly influenced not only by Erbakan's old party and Millî Görüş, but also quite strongly by the movement of Fethullah Gülen, which is the present-day incarnation of the Nur-movement (Nurculuk) of Said Nursi. Other influences: [1]

[edit] AK Party leftist ??????

As a matter of fact, whether it is rightist or leftist is being discussed deeply in Turkey and there is no consensus on this issue. Has anyone with one's senses ever claimed that it is a leftist party??????? If no references are provided I will delete this paragraph. Bertilvidet 12:09, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rewriting

I am just rewriting this ridicilous article.. 130.245.206.106 04:04, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Time has shown that AKP is not only conservative, but also moderate Islamist. The user above seems to have a narrow perspective and a disability of understanding Turkish politics. Those should also be added to the article. They are trying to transform Turkey into medieval times and a minority of the population is objecting to it.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.179.2.65 (talk • contribs)

Yes AKP is a traitor party.. The biggest treat for democracy in Turkey.. They use religion very well.. Can you imagine, First they used religion, Then they betrayed our country. That is why all Muslim countries will never develop because democracy and islam are opposite... It is like opposite magnetic poles that push each other. Turkey is so sunk I think that noone can save Turkey anymore.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.233.97.30 (talk) 21:46, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

This has nothing to do with the article. Please stop talking about nonsense. If the people of Turkey elected AK Parti, there must be some logic behind it that some of you ill-mannered people don't understand. -- WiiVolve 21:53, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article is out of date

The article refers to dates in 2005 as being in the future. -- 68.146.190.96 06:10, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Offensive/inaccurate terminology

"moderate Islamist" should be "moderate Muslim".... "Islamist" is about as accurate as calling someone a "Christianist." —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.99.179.185 (talk) 15:07, 13 May 2007 (UTC).

Islamofascist is an extremely controversial term which I don't think has any place in this article, especially considering the AK's behavior in recent events. Additionally I don't think even the AK's harshest critics utilize this term in reference to the party, it's reserved mostly (and still often misused) for discussions about terrorists and those groups who talk about forcibly reinstating the Caliphate. Lydia 14:10, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AK Parti Logo

I updated the logo with a better quality one (which also happens to be larger than the previous one). -- WiiVolve 03:46, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:AKP Logo.png

Image:AKP Logo.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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[edit] current events edits

I've been following the 2007 elections closely from the states and updated the AKP article as best I could. I got my stats from Turkish Daily News and the NYT, can I get verification from Turkish users that this is indeed the final count? Lyddiechu 00:16, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Media reports say the electoral commission will not release final figures until at least 27 July, and some narrow results have changed as final figures have come in (e.g. AKP picked up a seat previously tipped for the DTP in Hakkari when votes from customs officials came in). But I'd be surprised if they changed significantly at this stage. I've updated with the latest figures, just keep your eye on things as they change and be bold when you get new information. Gerry Lynch 22:42, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] vandalism

Someone posting from IP address 68.161.69.139 vandalized the page earlier today stating that "and most of it’s members will be hanged in Imrali after the military coup." Come on now, let's be mature and update the party's fate at the hands of the military if anything actually happens.Lydia 05:09, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

On the subject of the vandalism, could someone please correct it?

I corrected it, but user DonCalme is now vandalizing the page in the same manner.Lydia 05:39, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks to Gogo Dodo for fixing the problem. Lydia 06:39, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Faulty hyperlinks

--20:15, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_and_Development_Party_%28Turkey%29 includes a link to an external website, "Turkishpolitix.com - Online dossier on the AKP".

The URL associated with this link returned an error late on 17th October 2007.

http://www.turkishpolitix.com/akp.html/

Object not found!

The requested URL was not found on this server. The link on the referring page seems to be wrong or outdated. Please inform the author of that page about the error.

If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Error 404

www.turkishpolitix.com

Wed Oct 17 20:58:04 2007

Apache/2.0.55 (Debian) FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_python/3.1.3 Python/2.3.5 PHP/4.4.2-1.1

The link in the Wikipedia article malfunctioned again, for a third time, at "21:37:04", and a fourth at "21:56:27". [However, Wikipedia claims to be using UTC. 'My' terminal is using British Summer Time, yet, from these times copied and pasted out of the browser display, Internet Explorer seems to be using Central European Time! Don't laugh. Microsoft have enough problems?]

However, deleting the '/akp.html' element then downloaded http://www.turkishpolitix.com

Clicking on the link there for 'AKP' then downloaded, ... guess what? http://www.turkishpolitix.com/akp.html !!

Yet more! The http://www.turkishpolitix.com/akp.html URL, in the Preview display, is shown as an actual live hyperlink which even downloads the specified page! The link in the Wikipedia article does not!

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