Across asia: Turkey
China Daily | Updated: 2007-05-14 07:03
Massive street protest
At least one million Turks took to the streets of the country's third largest city Izmir yesterday, stepping up pressure on the Islamist-rooted government with a rally to demand that their country remain a secular state.
Organizers hoped the protest, which they expected to attract 2 million people, would unite the opposition ahead of elections in July.
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