If you march, you should march against coups: PM Yıldırım tells CHP head

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on June 16 that if main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is going to stage a march, he should have staged it against coups.

"Those who did not take to the streets that day [July 15] are now marching from Ankara to Istanbul. If you will march, you should march against coup. Justice cannot be sought in the streets," Yıldırım told a rally in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

The premier had earlier called on Kılıçdaroğlu to end his "justice march" on June 16, as the CHP leader continued his 25-day journey from Ankara to Istanbul over the imprisonment of a party MP.

"Justice is not something to be sought by taking to the streets. Turkey is a state of law," Yıldırım said as the CHP leader conducted the second day of his 25-day march, during which he plans to march around 426 kilometers from Ankara to Maltepe Prison in Istanbul, where CHP Istanbul lawmaker Enis Berberoğlu has been incarcerated.

"There is no need to walk there in this hot weather. There is a high-speed train going to Maltepe. He is torturing himself," Yıldırım said, mocking the main opposition leader, adding that Kılıçdaroğlu was acting against a judicial order. 

"I advise him to give up on this issue," he said, adding that as the leader of the main opposition party, Kılıçdaroğlu should respect the court's decision. 

"The court made a decision and the judicial process has not been completed. We have to respect the court, even if we don't like it," he added. 

The premier also said complaining to the whole world about the country did not suit the main opposition party.

"If a solution is going to be sought, parliament is the place. Inviting [people] to take the...