Sarcasm turns into rage for the justice march

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, with almost unprecedented political agility, has somehow finally transformed himself into an opposition leader who actually sets the agenda. 

Such was the situation in Turkey, he definitely had to take a step decisive step. He therefore started his "justice march" from Ankara to Istanbul, in which he would be take a total of 600,000 steps, according to the calculations of Hürriyet columnist Deniz Zeyrek.

He started the march saying he was not walking for his party but he was walking for "justice." Different segments then started to join with increasing interest.

We can all see in the news coverage every day how a new team is joining the march: From anti-capitalist Muslims to the victims of the Balyoz (Sledgehammer) case, from women's associations to anti-nuclear groups and football fans.

The human convoy is getting larger and longer as the days pass by. It is now approaching Istanbul. In the hottest days of the year, others are joining the march every day.

Those who are walking and those who are joining despite the asphalt-melting heat have many common points. It is not only the imprisonment of Enis Berberoğlu, the CHP deputy and former editor-in-chief of daily Hürriyet, that they are protesting against. There are many other shared concerns and problems.

Kılıçdaroğlu hit the road with a placard in his hand, on which only one word, "justice," was written.

Normally, the CHP tradition would call for holding meetings lasting hours discussing what to name the action. 

They did not name it according to various long-winded CHP classics. They simply said "justice," and the march has certainly hit a sore spot in the government, as...