Turkish volunteers flock to monitor knife-edge election


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  • Wednesday, 03 Jun 2015

Supporters of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu attend an election rally for Turkey's June 7 parliamentary election, in Istanbul, Turkey, June 2, 2015. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - In a meeting room above an upmarket restaurant in Istanbul's Beyoglu district, some 200 people listen as a young lawyer explains what to watch for when votes are counted in Sunday's pivotal parliamentary election.

Tens of thousands of volunteers have signed up to monitor the vote, set to be the closest in more than a decade, in what organisers say is a response an erosion in the rule of law.

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