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Turkey Opposition Chief Meets Jailed MP after Mass Rally
[AnNahar] ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... MP in an Istanbul prison, a day after finishing a nearly one month long "justice march" in a show of solidarity with the detained politician. Kilicdaroglu, head of the secular Republican People's Party (CHP), visited journalist-turned politician Enis Berberoglu in his prison in the Istanbul district of Maltepe, a party front man told AFP. Berberoglu was placed in durance vile I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! last month for leaking classified information to an opposition newspaper and Kilicdaroglu immediately began a foot march from Ankara to Istanbul to protest his plight. The march culminated in a rally on Sunday that attracted hundreds of thousands of people, the biggest event that critics of President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... have staged in years. "Berberoglu found the march 'impressive' and thanked the party leader," the CHP front man said. "He is writing a book," he added, without elaborating on its content. Kilicdaroglu walked 450-kilometers (280 miles) in 25-days, with the march becoming a rallying point for all those protesting against alleged injustices under Erdogan. About 50,000 people have been arrested under ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's state of emergency, imposed after last July's failed coup, and another 100,000 have lost their jobs, including teachers, judges, soldiers and coppers. "People who have committed no sin, who have absolutely no link to terror, people who are wrongly accused are being put in jail, hurting the conscience of society," Kilicdaroglu was quoted as saying by "Enis is one of these people," he added. The government dismissed the march as a stunt but the police did not impede its progress and also provided security for the final rally. Erdogan has so far not commented on the magnitude of Sunday's giant meeting. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-07-11 |
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