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ANKARA: Turkey’s main opposition leader accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday of staging a "second coup" with the *****down that followed last July’s failed putsch, as he pressed on with a protest march to Istanbul from Ankara.
Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu called the march after former journalist turned CHP lawmaker Enis Berberoglu was sentenced to 25 years in jail on Wednesday for leaking classified information to a newspaper.
In his biggest challenge yet to the authorities, the leader of Turkey’s second-largest party is marching to the prison in the Istanbul district of Maltepe where Berberoglu is being held, inviting supporters to accompany him.
Kilicdaroglu said the "second coup" came after the failed July 15 coup. Erdogan declared a state of emergency on July 20 that has since seen about 50,000 people arrested and over 100,000 lose their jobs.
"The outcome (of July 15) was used to make the second coup on July 20," Kilicdaroglu told AFP on the second day of his 450-kilometre (280 miles) trek to Istanbul which is expected to take over three weeks.
The initial three-month state of emergency has since been renewed three times, amplifying concerns about human rights in the country.
The CHP leader, dressed in a blue shirt, baseball hat and sport shoes, said the march was a challenge to injustice and was needed "because there is ** independent judiciary".
"The judiciary largely await instructions from Erdogan and they give decisions based on these instructions," he said, as supporters brandished placards with a single word, "justice".
Security forces often clamp down on protests in Ankara and Istanbul, but Kilicdaroglu’s march has taken place unhindered so far, albeit with heavy security.
Kilicdaroglu said he did **t believe the government would have the "courage" to stop the march or detain him "because the march is within the limits of the law".
But he warned: "If detentions or arrests happen, there would be heavy consequences."
The Hurriyet daily and other papers recalled the famous 24-day barefoot "Salt March" of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi in 1930.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s prime minister urged the head of the main opposition party on Friday to end a 425 kilometre (265 mile) march from Ankara to Istanbul in protest over the jailing of one of his lawmakers, saying justice "can**t be sought on the streets".
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, 68, head of the secularist Republican People’s Party (CHP), set out on the march on Thursday after Enis Berberoglu was jailed for 25 years on spying charges.
He was seen off by thousands of supporters and has garnered much attention in a country where government dominates the media.
Kilicdaroglu trudged along a highway outside Ankara on Friday dressed in dark slacks and blue shirt.
Sunburned and wearing a cap, he carried a sign that said "Justice".
Rights groups and government critics, including members of Kilicdaroglu’s CHP, say Turkey is sliding toward authoritarianism, citing a *****down that followed last year’s failed coup that has seen more than 50,000 people jailed and 150,000 sacked or suspended from their jobs.
"I advise Kilicdaroglu to desist from this act," Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told reporters.
"Justice can**t be sought on the streets, Turkey is a state of law...
Even if we don’t like a court’s ruling, we have to respect it.
"Berberoglu was accused of giving the Cumhuriyet newspaper a video it used as the basis of a May 2015 report that alleged trucks owned by the state intelligence service (MIT)were stopped and found to contain arms and ammunition headed for Syria.
Berberoglu is the first CHP lawmaker to be jailed in the government *****down, which has seen eleven members of parliament from the pro-Kurdish opposition party jailed.
Kilicdaroglu has called the arrest "lawless" and motivated by the presidential palace, a reference to President Tayyip Erdogan.
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ANKARA: Turkey’s main opposition leader accused President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday of staging a "second coup" with the *****down that followed last July’s failed putsch, as he pressed on with a protest march to Istanbul from Ankara.
Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu called the march after former journalist turned CHP lawmaker Enis Berberoglu was sentenced to 25 years in jail on Wednesday for leaking classified information to a newspaper.
In his biggest challenge yet to the authorities, the leader of Turkey’s second-largest party is marching to the prison in the Istanbul district of Maltepe where Berberoglu is being held, inviting supporters to accompany him.
Kilicdaroglu said the "second coup" came after the failed July 15 coup. Erdogan declared a state of emergency on July 20 that has since seen about 50,000 people arrested and over 100,000 lose their jobs.
"The outcome (of July 15) was used to make the second coup on July 20," Kilicdaroglu told AFP on the second day of his 450-kilometre (280 miles) trek to Istanbul which is expected to take over three weeks.
The initial three-month state of emergency has since been renewed three times, amplifying concerns about human rights in the country.
The CHP leader, dressed in a blue shirt, baseball hat and sport shoes, said the march was a challenge to injustice and was needed "because there is ** independent judiciary".
"The judiciary largely await instructions from Erdogan and they give decisions based on these instructions," he said, as supporters brandished placards with a single word, "justice".
Security forces often clamp down on protests in Ankara and Istanbul, but Kilicdaroglu’s march has taken place unhindered so far, albeit with heavy security.
Kilicdaroglu said he did **t believe the government would have the "courage" to stop the march or detain him "because the march is within the limits of the law".
But he warned: "If detentions or arrests happen, there would be heavy consequences."
The Hurriyet daily and other papers recalled the famous 24-day barefoot "Salt March" of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi in 1930.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s prime minister urged the head of the main opposition party on Friday to end a 425 kilometre (265 mile) march from Ankara to Istanbul in protest over the jailing of one of his lawmakers, saying justice "can**t be sought on the streets".
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, 68, head of the secularist Republican People’s Party (CHP), set out on the march on Thursday after Enis Berberoglu was jailed for 25 years on spying charges.
He was seen off by thousands of supporters and has garnered much attention in a country where government dominates the media.
Kilicdaroglu trudged along a highway outside Ankara on Friday dressed in dark slacks and blue shirt.
Sunburned and wearing a cap, he carried a sign that said "Justice".
Rights groups and government critics, including members of Kilicdaroglu’s CHP, say Turkey is sliding toward authoritarianism, citing a *****down that followed last year’s failed coup that has seen more than 50,000 people jailed and 150,000 sacked or suspended from their jobs.
"I advise Kilicdaroglu to desist from this act," Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told reporters.
"Justice can**t be sought on the streets, Turkey is a state of law...
Even if we don’t like a court’s ruling, we have to respect it.
"Berberoglu was accused of giving the Cumhuriyet newspaper a video it used as the basis of a May 2015 report that alleged trucks owned by the state intelligence service (MIT)were stopped and found to contain arms and ammunition headed for Syria.
Berberoglu is the first CHP lawmaker to be jailed in the government *****down, which has seen eleven members of parliament from the pro-Kurdish opposition party jailed.
Kilicdaroglu has called the arrest "lawless" and motivated by the presidential palace, a reference to President Tayyip Erdogan.
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