Turkish Opposition Holds Anti-Govt Rally

Supporters of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party, rise their hands as they gather for a rally following their 265-mile ‘March for Justice’ in Istanbul, Sunday, July 9, 2017. Kilicdaroglu, along with thousands of supporters, walked from the capital Ankara to an Istanbul prison, to denounce the imprisonment of a party lawmaker, and the large-scale government crackdown on opponents in the wake of July 2016’s failed coup attempt. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Protesters rally in Istanbul in the final stage of a three-week justice march against the Turkish government.
The opposition leader held an event on Sunday in defiance of an intensifying government crack-down.
It comes after thousands of people marched from the country’s capital to Istanbul following the arrest of an opposition lawmaker.
They accuse the government of trying to create a one-party state in the wake of a failed coup last year, using powers under a state of emergency.