Republican People’s Party starts ‘justice congress’ to challenge Erdogan

‘Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP), the main opposition group in the country, has embarked on an unprecedented four-day meeting to protest alleged rights violations by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu opened the “justice congress” in the western region of Canakkale on Saturday, expressing hope that the event could pile even more pressure on the government to stop abusing people’s rights under a crackdown that unfolded following a failed coup last year.
Kilicdaroglu warned Erdogan in his opening address to the conference that the whole Turkey had a “thirst for justice” as more and more people were being arrested and prosecuted for alleged links to the July 15, 2016 coup attempt.’
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