2017 March for Justice

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2017 March for Justice
The 450 km route that the 2017 Turkish March of Justice followed from Ankara to Istanbul
Date	15 June 2017 (2017-06-15) – 9 July 2017 (2017-07-09)
Location	Ankara, Bolu, Düzce, Sakarya, Kocaeli, Istanbul
Caused by	Protest against the government crackdown, mass arrests and corrupt judicial process
Goals	Rule of law, judicial reform, free press, free speech
Methods	Peaceful 450 km march from Ankara to Istanbul concluding with rally at Maltepe, Istanbul
Status	Ended
Parties
No official party affiliation, informal participation from political officials and ordinary citizens AKP MHP
Lead figures
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Binali Yıldırım Devlet Bahçeli
Number
"Hundreds of thousands"[1][2]
Casualties
Death(s)	1 reported from cardiac arrest[3]

The March for Justice (Turkish: Adalet yürüyüşü) was a 450 km (280-mile) march from Ankara to Istanbul to protest against arrests that were made as part of the government crackdown following the July 2016 coup d'état attempt. After the coup attempt, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government declared a state of emergency. Since then at least 50,000 people have been arrested and another 140,000 people have been removed from their positions. The protest was led by opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, in response to a lengthy prison sentence that Enis Berberoğlu received for allegedly giving the press a video that shows Turkish intelligence smuggling weapons into Syria. The march concluded in Istanbul on 9 July with a rally attended by hundreds of thousands of people, during which Kılıçdaroğlu spoke at length about the effect that the government purge has had on the judiciary and rule of law in Turkey.^[4]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared the protest march illegal.^[5][6] During the march, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and President Erdoğan compared the march to the July 2016 coup attempt, and accused the participants and Kılıçdaroğlu of supporting the Gülenist Hizmet movement organization that the government says was behind the coup attempt. Counter-demonstrations have been held by AKP supporters. Police officers provided security for the marchers, and the march concluded peacefully at Maltepe, Istanbul (where Berberoğlu is imprisoned).