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Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said the 25-day “justice march,” which was completed with a massive rally on Istanbul’s Asian side on July 9, marks a “new beginning” for the country.
“Everyone should know this very well. July 9 is a new step. It’s a new climate, a new history, a new birth,” Kılıçdaroğlu said during the “Justice Rally” in Istanbul’s Maltepe district, which brought together hundreds of thousands of people.
“The final day of the ‘justice march’ is a new beginning and a new step. It’s not the end of a march. It’s a day of peace and a joint will for life,” he said.
The CHP, under the leadership of Kılıçdaroğlu, launched its march from Ankara on June 15 after its Istanbul deputy Enis Berberoğlu was sentenced to 25 years in prison on June 14 on charges of providing daily Cumhuriyet with video footage purporting to show weapons-loaded National Intelligence Agency (MİT) trucks heading to Syria.
The march was initially planned to end in front of Maltepe Prison, where Berberoğlu is held, but the party decided to hold a large rally instead.
During his speech, Kılıçdaroğlu said they had carried out “the most peaceful political act in history.”
“We walked for nonexistent justice. We walked for the rights of victims, jailed lawmakers and journalists.