Main opposition CHP issues parliamentary motion over security of justice march

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has issued a motion for a parliamentary investigation demanding additional security measures be taken for the justice march from Ankara to Istanbul.

The motion comes after CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu raised concerns about further "provocations" directed at the march as it approaches Istanbul. 

CHP deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu issued the motion to the Parliamentary Speaker's Office on July 5 requesting "all additional security measures to be taken urgently so that any provocative initiatives and actions against the march will be avoided and safety is ensured."

Kılıçdaroğlu previously voiced their concerns about provocations to the Hürriyet Daily News. 

"According to our information, as the march gets nearer to Istanbul we might be attacked by a group within the [Turkish ultranationalist] Ülkücü movement. The police would naturally stop this," he told Hürriyet Daily News editor-in-chief Murat Yetkin on July 4. 

The motion points out that "there are smear campaigns being conducted against the march, including in government officials' statements," adding that those statements could raise the possibility of "provocations" as the march approaches Istanbul.  

"We respectfully demand a parliamentary investigation about additional security measures to be taken urgently covering the march to Istanbul and the planned [July 9] rally in Maltepe in order to ensure the security of the peaceful march by preventing any provocative moves, or actions that can come from outside, aiming to harm the positive impact of the justice march," the motion read. 

As Kılıçdaroğlu started his 21st day in the Justice March through the D-100 highway leading to Istanbul, some media outlets...