On July 9, 2017, the 25th day of the \u201cJustice March,\u201d CHP Chairman Kemal KILI\u00c7DARO\u011eLU issued an important \u201cCALL\u201d to the millions of people gathered at Maltepe Square in Istanbul and watching on television.
\nThe opening line of his speech was, \u201cLET NO ONE THINK THAT THIS MARCH IS THE END; THIS MARCH IS OUR FIRST STEP.\u201d.
\nToward the end of his speech, he concluded with another powerful statement: \u201cOUR MARCH CONTINUES, AND WE ARE HERE!\u201d
\nWith these two sentences, he essentially summed up the \u201cJustice March\u201d and, through this speech, delivered his message to all 86 million people\u2014from those in power to those who merely appear to be in the opposition.
\nHowever, describing this march merely as a \u201cMarch for Justice\u201d\u2014or, more precisely, a \u201cQuest for Justice\u201d\u2014would be an inadequate characterization.
\nThis march is not only a quest for justice and a call for justice; it is also an appeal to our consciences and a rebellion against institutionalized corruption.
\nKemal KILI\u00c7DARO\u011eLU, who has sought to find a place in people\u2019s consciences and moral standards, has urged people to act with conscience, called on them not to tolerate immorality, and appealed for a return to the values that form the foundation of our society.
\nFor this reason, we should define this march not only as the \u201cMarch for Justice,\u201d but also as the \u201cMarch for Justice, Morality, and Conscience.\u201d We should be able to call this march the \u201cMarch for Justice, Morality, Conscience, and Virtue.\u201d.
\nIf you listen closely to the statements he made during the breaks taken along the 25-day march that began in Ankara\u2019s G\u00fcvenpark and continued all the way to Istanbul\u2019s Maltepe, you will notice that Mr. KILI\u00c7DARO\u011eLU frequently uses concepts such as \u201cmorality, conscience, virtue\u2026\u201d and that he seeks to draw attention to these areas. Just as he has done throughout his 24-year political career and 78-year personal life.
\nWe\u2014that is, \u201cthose who have heard Kemal KILI\u00c7DARO\u011eLU fall silent and seen him swallow his words\u201d\u2014understand the reason for this all too well. With Kemal KILI\u00c7DARO\u011eLU under what amounts to a siege from both within and without, the only and most appropriate thing for him to do was to appeal to people\u2019s conscience, morality, and virtue rather than resorting to political rhetoric. He demonstrated this most powerfully during the \u201cJustice March.\u201d.
\nThis was the right choice, and it becomes even clearer when we look at where the CHP and the country stand nine years later.
\nBecause, unfortunately, we are living in an era where the truth is relentlessly blacked out with \u201cpermanent\u201d markers, and lies are underlined just as thickly with those same \u201cpermanent\u201d markers.
\nWe\u2019ve moved past the point where brazen thieves simply outmaneuver the homeowner; we\u2019re now living in an era where these thieves are trying to label the homeowner as the thief. We\u2019re living in an era where, armed with money and media power, they\u2019re essentially treating the public like fools.
\nAnd Mr. KILI\u00c7DARO\u011eLU is walking a little further each day on the \u201cJustice March\u201d he launched on June 15, 2017, and which he has described as the \u201cFIRST STEP.\u201d Although the fact that the CHP headquarters was occupied by a gang for 928 days\u2014a brief hiatus and a severe blow to our march\u2014as Mr. KILI\u00c7DARO\u011eLU said:<\/p>\n
\u201cOur march continues, and we are here.\u201d<\/p>\n
And the first and most essential step we will take on this journey will be \u201cPURIFICATION.\u201d.
\nBecause we know that the most important factors defining the concept of justice are morality and conscience. Where morality and conscience are absent, it is impossible to speak of justice. If there is morality, if there is conscience, if there is virtue, then justice exists; if these are absent, then justice does not exist either.
\nFor these reasons, we celebrate the 9th anniversary of the \u201cMarch for Justice\u201d\u2014also known as the \u201cMarch for Justice, Morality, Conscience, and Virtue.\u201d.
\nOur march continues, and here we are!
\nAnd no matter the cost, \u201cWE WILL BE PURIFIED.\u201d
\nThe revision addressed only spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors; the political content and style of presentation remained unchanged.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CHP Genel Ba\u015fkan\u0131 Kemal KILI\u00c7DARO\u011eLU, \u201cAdalet Y\u00fcr\u00fcy\u00fc\u015f\u00fc\u201dn\u00fcn 25. g\u00fcn\u00fcnde, 9 Temmuz 2017 tarihinde \u0130stanbul\/Maltepe Meydan\u0131\u2019nda ve ekranlar\u0131 ba\u015f\u0131nda toplanan milyonlarca insana \u00f6nemli bir \u201c\u00c7A\u011eRI\u201d yapt\u0131. Yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131 konu\u015fman\u0131n a\u00e7\u0131l\u0131\u015f c\u00fcmlesi, \u201cK\u0130MSE BU Y\u00dcR\u00dcY\u00dc\u015e\u00dcN B\u0130R SON OLDU\u011eUNU D\u00dc\u015e\u00dcNMES\u0130N, BU Y\u00dcR\u00dcY\u00dc\u015e B\u0130Z\u0130M \u0130LK ADIMIMIZDIR.\u201d oldu. Konu\u015fman\u0131n sonlar\u0131na do\u011fru ise kapan\u0131\u015f\u0131 yine \u00f6nemli bir c\u00fcmle ile tamamlad\u0131: \u201cY\u00dcR\u00dcY\u00dc\u015e\u00dcM\u00dcZ S\u00dcR\u00dcYOR […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":286689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[15,78,288],"class_list":["post-286688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-yazarlar","tag-chp","tag-kemal-kilicdaroglu","tag-ozgur-ozel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286690,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286688\/revisions\/286690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}