FILE PHOTO: Canan Kaftancioglu, chair of the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) Istanbul branch, greets her supporters as she arrives at the party building in Istanbul, Turkey May 12, 2022. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Thousands gathered for a rally in Istanbul on Saturday to protest the conviction of leading Turkish opposition politician Canan Kaftancioglu for insulting the president and the state.
Demonstrators in the central district of Maltepe chanted songs and waved the opposition and national flags.
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