"Thousands of Turks protest ahead of vote
Sunday May 20 18:00 AEST
Thousands of people gathered in the Turkish Black Sea city of Samsun on Sunday for the latest in a series of rallies against the Islamist-rooted government before July elections.
The protest is billed by organisers as an opportunity to unite the divided opposition against a government they accuse of aiming to undermine the secular state in overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey."
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