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This was a protest attended by several thousand people
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with a wide demographic, young and old alike, organised here in Şişli, a district of Istanbul
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on the city's European side. The first major rally indeed organised by the CHP
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Turkey's main opposition party, since the end of March. And indeed, a big test for the party
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who want to show that they can keep up the momentum here in Turkey
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three weeks after the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu. We spoke to many people here tonight
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One person telling us that they thought it was important to attend
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to show that the movement still had support. Another person telling us that they weren't scared of the large police presence
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that for them the police wasn't the problem, but it was the government that was the problem
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Organisers also encouraging attendees to sign a petition calling for early elections
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a reminder that the opposition has called for elections to be held
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early elections by November at the very latest. And in the meantime, the next big rally to be held by the opposition
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scheduled to take place over the weekend in the city of Samson Samsung, as the CHP hopes to continue projecting an image of widespread support
