"Rivals rally ahead of crucial Turkey vote
Hundreds of thousands of people have attended rallies in Istanbul for Turkey’s two main political parties as the country enters the final week of campaigning before next Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
Incumbent prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the leader of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), addressed a vast crowd in Kazlicesme Square on Sunday in a show of strength by the ruling party which opinion polls suggest is on course for a third straight ballot box victory."
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