The court's 11 judges decided unanimously that the Democratic Society Party (DTP) had become a "focal point of activities against the indivisible unity of the state, the country and the nation", Kilic told a news conference here.

He said DTP chairman Ahmet Turk and fellow lawmaker Aysel Tugluk had been stripped of their parliamentary immunity and that the pair had been banned from politics for five years along with 35 other party members.