9 July 2017 | 05:59 | FOCUS News Agency
Istanbul. The head of Turkey's main opposition party defied the odds and beat expectations when he launched a 450-kilometer protest march. But as the march reaches its destination Sunday, all eyes are on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's response, France 24 reported.Barely a week before the first anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, Turkey is bracing for the end of a previously inconceivable 450-kilometer opposition march that has drawn tens of thousands of protesters demanding justice.Over the past three weeks, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of Turkey's main secular opposition CHP (Republican People's Party), has been leading a 'Justice March' from the capital, Ankara, to Istanbul in the searing summer heat. On Saturday, the penultimate day of the protest, the march entered Istanbul's Pendik district on the Asian side of Istanbul. The march is set to end on Sunday in a massive rally -- crowd estimates range from over 200,000 to 1.5 million -- in the city's Maltepe d istrict, where an opposition lawmaker is currently in jail. © 2017 All rights reserved. Citing Focus Information Agency is mandatory!
Source: France 24: Turkey braces for grand finale of daring 'Justice March'
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