Friday's order is seen as one of the first effects of the legal reform that took place in the recent months. In June Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) [party website] announced [JURIST report] its plan to present to the country's parliament before its recess a reform package including the proposed abolition of special courts. One of the most prominent cases before the special authority courts is the case of the Ergenekon [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] network. In January retired Turkish general Ilker Basbug, formerly the leader of all of Turkey's armed forces, was arrested [JURIST report] for his alleged involvement with the network. The group was accused of having planned to assassinate prominent members of Turkey's Christian and Jewish minority groups, blame Islamic terrorists for the deaths and use this to delegitimize the ruling AKP. The Ergenekon investigation has been criticized for its alleged purpose of silencing AKP's opponents and imposing Islamic principles [JURIST report].