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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ruth Michaelson in Istanbul

Turkish opposition leader calls for weekly rallies and deeper economic boycott

Özgür Özel speaking at a rally
Özel took aim at the Doğuş Group conglomerate, seen as close to Erdoğan and his government. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images

Turkey’s anti-government protesters are weighing their options, amid calls by the main opposition leader for weekly rallies, a growing economic boycott and a groundswell of fired-up student demonstrators determined to stay on the streets.

The leader of the Republican People’s party (CHP), Özgür Özel, expanded a call to boycott goods and services from companies perceived as close to the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, during a rally in support of the jailed Istanbul mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu.

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