The justice march

Government circles have been reacting to Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for not carrying any party symbols on his "justice march." 

It is understandable why he is doing this because he is criticizing the government's stance on justice and the judiciary.

An irrefutable truth is the fact that there is currently a problem of justice and judiciary in Turkey; a problem that was always there in the past too.

The feeling of injustice and the concern over a politicized judiciary is becoming widespread in the society.

As long as the government does not do something to reverse this concern it will get bigger.

If freedom is one concept that has found a big appeal on the masses in Turkish political history, the other one is justice. Following the May 27, 1960 military coup, the name of one of the parties that was established was "Justice."

Following the Feb. 28, 1997, process, which was called the post-modern coup, the party that was formed in its aftermath was named "Justice and Development." As all parties on the right-wing could not pass the threshold, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power. It has been in government for 15 years.
The first period of the AKP is one in which reforms were undertaken in line with the European Union's concepts of universal law and judiciary. It is thanks to those reforms foreign direct investments saw a boost.
 
Yet, together with the syndrome of being in long-maintained governance, their rhetoric and stance have changed. The concepts of the reform period are being replaced by tough and polarizing rhetoric.

A turning point in the irrefutable truth about justice is this: The government made a legal amendment on June 15, 2014,...