Turkey's main opposition urges respect for rule of law in coup response
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Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and head of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kilicdaroglu pray next to a coffin of a victim of the coup attempt at a funeral ceremony on July 17, 2016, in Ankara.
PHOTO: AFP
ANKARA (REUTERS) - Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) said on Monday (July 18) the reponse to a failed coup attempt must be conducted within the rule of law and that the plotters and those who helped them must be tried in the courts.
Turkey widened a crackdown on suspected supporters of the failed military coup on Sunday, taking the number of people rounded up in the armed forces and judiciary to 6,000.
In a statement, the CHP also said the military must not be portrayed as the enemy.
