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Some 1.6Mln People Gather in Istanbul for Rally Ahead of Local Vote – Reports

14:02 GMT, 24 March 2019
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Some 1.6 million people came to Istanbul's Yenikapi Square for a rally of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) ahead of the local elections in the country, the Daily Sabah newspaper reported Sunday.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, and MHP Chairman Devlet Bahceli are expected to address the rally, according to the Daily Sabah newspaper.

​The Turkish local elections are slated for March 31.

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