CHP leader ready for 'everything' ahead of justice meeting

The Turkish president's statements implying that an ongoing probe into espionage and the leaking of state secret documents to media outlets, dubbed as the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) trucks cases, can also reach the leader of the main opposition, as one party deputy is already behind the bars in the same case, cannot be taken lightly, according to Kılıçdarloğlu.

"I don't want to think of a scenario in which the head of Turkey's main opposition is behind the bars," the CHP leader said, while adding that despite the possible repercussions, he is ready for everything.

Every aspect of justice will be discussed at the "justice congress," which will take place next week in the western province of Çanakkale, he noted.

"We want to establish a platform where those who are suffering from problems with justice and those seeking solutions to it come together," he told the Hürriyet Daily News.

Do you think you are facing a tactic of intimidation or is there seriousness to your potential arrest?

The government says the judiciary is independent. But the very person who claims the judiciary is independent is pointing a finger, through the judiciary, at the leader of the main opposition party. This shows that the judiciary is not independent and is under the orders of the political authority. Five days after the July 15, 2016, coup attempt, a state of emergency was declared. We call it the civil coup. Each coup creates its own law. We have seen this after the (military coup of) March 12 (1971) and Sept. 12 (1980).

Civilian coup leaders created their own laws. After the July 20, 2016, civilian coup, leaders created their coup laws with emergency decrees upon the order of the law. When you look...