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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alastair Jamieson

Turkish election rally cut short by violence as polls put candidates neck and neck

via REUTERS

More than a dozen people have been detained over violence against an opposition election rally in Turkey amid growing concern over the fairness of Sunday’s knife-edge vote.

Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of the main opposition Republican People's Party, CHP, was speaking on top of a campaign bus in Erzurum when about 200 protesters began throwing stones, forcing the event to be cut short.

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