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Turks protest over government's quake response in stadiums, on streets

FILE PHOTO: Members of pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) protest against government's interference to the earthquakes which began on February 6, 2023, have struck both Turkey and neighbouring Syria and killed more than 50,000, in Istanbul, Turkey February 26, 2023. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo

Cries of "government resign" rang out from Turkish football stadiums at the weekend as fans criticised the government's response to this month's earthquakes that have killed more than 50,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria.

At a separate demonstration in Istanbul, riot police moved swiftly to detain protesters, who were handcuffed and dragged into police buses.

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