Elçi murder must definitely be enlightened: CHP

The murder of Tahir Elçi, the head of the Diyarbak?r Bar Association, must be enlightened, the leader of the main opposition party has said, vowing they will closely follow the investigation. 

"There should not be an extrajudicial killing in the heart of Diyarbak?r. There should not be such a picture. The head of the bar association has been slain and the perpetrators should be found," Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu, leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), told reporters in a visit to Diyarbak?r on Dec. 2 to pay his condolences to the family of Elçi. 

"Whoever the perpetrators are, this incident should be enlightened and they should be brought to justice. We will follow this politically," he said.

K?l?çdaro?lu also advised the acting head of Diyarbak?r Bar Association to inform the CHP in the event they face difficulties in investigating the killing of Elçi. 

Elçi was murdered on Nov. 28 while he was making a public statement. Security forces have yet to disclose whether it was an assassination or whether he was killed in a clash between police and militants.

K?l?çdaro?lu expressed his condolences to Elçi's wife, Türkan Elçi, and paid visits to the Diyarbak?r Bar Association and the police headquarters to offer condolences over the killing of two policemen immediately before the lawyer's killing. The CHP leader's visit took place under heavy security conditions due to continued tension in the town and its historical Sur district.

"This incident shocked us and all of Turkey," K?l?çdaro?lu told Türkan Elçi, expressing his deep sorrow over the loss of her husband.

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