TURKEY. Sakarya. 2017. Turkish police escort the Justice March. The closer the march gets to Istanbul, the greater the risk of a confrontation.

Erdogan accused Kilicdaroglu of staging “protests to protect terrorists and those who support terrorism.” At a weekend meeting of his ruling AK party, Erdogan said the CHP’s latest stance “had gone beyond being a political opposition and taken on a different proportion."

Responding to Erdogan’s accusations, Kilicdaroglu said they were “fitting for a dictator.”