CHP leader warns of risk of 'provocation' on his justice march

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has prepared a list of 12 guidelines warning participants in the party's "justice march" from Ankara to Istanbul against any "provocations," its Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on June 27.

Kılıçdaroğlu launched the 450-km march from the Turkish capital Ankara to Istanbul's Maltepe prison after a court jailed CHP Istanbul deputy Enis Berberoğlu, with prosecutors demanding a 25-year sentence on espionage charges. 

"We are walking for them. We are walking for justice. We are walking together. Nobody should be disturbed," he told reporters at a highway stop in the northwestern province of Bolu on the 13th day of the march, Doğan News Agency has reported.

"Yesterday we prepared a list of 12 guidelines against provocations. We will give it to everyone participating [in the march]. We said: 'Do not attack or use harsh language against those who protest us for any reason. Just applaud them, whatever they say.' We should show a democratic attitude and show our belief in justice. We should show how much we value justice and how much we value people," Kılıçdaroğlu added.

CHP Deputy Group Chair Özgür Özel also touched on the risk of "provocation" just before the march started, saying the correct response would be "applause." 

"Whatever provocation comes from outside, whether it be incitement or swearing, the only answer to be given is applauding with the common slogan: 'Rights, law, justice,'" Özel said. 

Gezi Park victims' families join march

Meanwhile, the families of those who lost their lives during the Gezi Park protests in summer 2013 were among those who accompanied Kılıçdaroğlu during his march on June 27. 

The parents of Berkin Elvan,...