Justice March

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Kılıçdaroğlu during the protest march
Justice march route

The Justice March (also March of Justice , Turkish : Adalet yürüyüşü ) was a protest event of the Turkish civil society around the opposition politician Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu . As a sign of resistance, he and his supporters ran 450 kilometers from Ankara to Istanbul . According to media reports, the final rally took place on July 9, 2017 in Maltepe on the banks of the Marmara Sea in front of more than two million participants.

The march was a protest against the repressive policies of the Turkish government after the attempted coup in Turkey . As a result, at least 50,000 people have been arrested and 150,000 have been released from civil service. The immediate trigger was the long prison sentence for the CHP politician Enis Berberoğlu for the Cumhuriyet trial . The prison sentence was only possible because the CHP had also agreed to a constitutional amendment the previous year that made it much easier to lift the immunity of MPs, which was initially only intended for the HDP .

The participants ran from June 15 to July 9, 2017. They covered around 20 kilometers a day. In addition to supporters of the political opposition, the participants also included trade unionists, artists, journalists, academics, football fans and representatives of the Kurds. The Kurdish HDP hesitated for a long time whether to participate because the Kurds felt abandoned by the CHP and Kılıçdaroğlu in the actions of the government in Sur and Cizre and in the lifting of the immunity of their MPs and the party leaders. It was not until the 19th day of the march that the Kurdish opposition party took part in the march.

Reactions

  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared the march illegal. He accused the demonstrators of being close to the Gülen movement , which he also blames for the attempted coup.
  • Binali Yıldırım said that justice cannot be found on the street and called the march a provocation.
  • The HDP affirmed that it would not bow to the "coup against the opposition".
  • Devlet Bahçeli accused Kılıçdaroğlu of “exaggeration” and “deliberately causing chaos”.
  • Meral Akşener said that everyone should think if the opposition leader had no choice but to take to the streets with an “Adalet sign” .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adalet Mitingi: 2 milyonu aşkın kişi adalet istedi . In: Evrensel.net . ( evrensel.net [accessed January 10, 2018]).
  2. ↑ Erdoğan: Maltepe Meydanı iki milyon insan alabiliyor . ( com.tr [accessed January 10, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Prosecutor issues detention warrant for 85 education, energy ministries staff in coup attempt probe, nearly 40 detained hurriyetdailynews.com, May 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ Patrick Kingsley: Erdogan Adversary Begins 250-Mile Protest March in Turkey New York Times, June 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ 400 kilometers for justice Die Zeit from June 23, 2017
  6. ↑ Firat Kozok, Taylan Bilgic and Benjamin Harvey: On 250-Mile March, Turkey Opposition Starts to Find Its Way bloomberg.com, July 5, 2017.
  7. ↑ Markus Bernrath: Large demonstration against Erdoğan in Istanbul Der Standard, July 10, 2017.
  8. ↑ Jürgen Gottschlich: "That gave me courage again" TAZ, July 6, 2017.
  9. ↑ Başbakan Yıldırım'dan 'Adalet Yürüyüşü' açıklaması: Sokakta adalet aranmaz . In: BBC Türkçe . June 16, 2017 ( bbc.com [accessed January 10, 2018]).
  10. ↑ HDP Adalet yürüyüşüne katıldı: Herkes için adalet . In: Evrensel.net . ( evrensel.net [accessed January 10, 2018]).
  11. ↑ MHP lideri Bahçeli'den Adalet Yürüyüşü'ne tepki! ( com.tr [accessed January 10, 2018]).
  12. ↑ Meral Akşener'den "Adalet Yürüyüşü" açıklaması . In: Yeni Çağ Gazetesi . ( com.tr [accessed January 10, 2018]).

Web links

Commons : Justice March  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files