We don't want any party's flag representing the march: CHP leader

The ongoing march from Ankara to Istanbul is about justice and the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said he does not want any political party's flag to be held aloft in the cortege.

"We don't want anyone to participate in the march with a party affiliation. We don't accept [a group] who comes with a flag for any particular party. Everyone can come as an individual," Kılıçdaroğlu said in an interview with Habertürk TV and Bloomberg HT late on June 29, as he marched through Sakarya province on the 15th day of his 450-km "justice march" to Istanbul.

His comments came after Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) spokesperson Ahmet Yıldırım reiterated that the party supports the march on June 29.

"I am walking as an individual rather than a leader of a political party. I said in the Güvenpark [in Ankara] that I will walk to Istanbul by myself as Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. We have never said we are walking as a party," Kılıçdaroğlu said in response to a question about the possible participation of the HDP in the march.

"Whoever wants justice and whoever thinks they are exposed to injustice can come and participate in it," he added.

"There are many people from every party in this cortege. They all have grievances. There are some people who say: 'I have to be there if there is injustice,'" Kılıçdaroğlu said.

Noting that the march was passing through districts governed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), the CHP leader said he was surprised by the support they have received in such districts. 

"A meeting or rally would not be as effective as this march. I've been surprised by the positive attention we have received, rather than protests," he added.