Turkey’s top opposition leader challenges president to resign

‘Turkey’s main opposition leader has challenged President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to resign if it is proven that the government influenced the judiciary in the post-coup crackdown in the country.
Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu made the remarks in a Tuesday speech for hundreds in the town of Camlidere on the outskirts of Ankara on the sixth day of his “walk for justice” protest march from Ankara to Istanbul.
“If I prove you and your government gave instructions to the courts, will you resign from your role as an honest and honorable person?” he said.
“I give my word as well. I will leave politics if I do not prove (these claims). Because I am an honest and honorable person,” he added.
The 68-year-old Kilicdaroglu leads the march in protest at a heavy jail sentence handed down to former journalist turned CHP lawmaker Enis Berberoglu.’
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