Hundreds of thousands of pro-secular Turks gathered in the third largest city of Turkey on Sunday to protest against the Islamist-rooted government that they fear is working to raise the influence of religion on society and pressure the secularist center-left parties unite ahead of parliamentary elections set for July 22.
Organizers of the pro-secular rally estimated the participating crowd at around two million. This was the first ever rally which was staged simultaneously both on land and sea as scores of small ferry boats and fisherman boats packed with demonstrators joined the rally from the sea.
FROM TURKISH DAILY NEWSThis follows on from the rally in Ankara on 14 April the Istanbul in 29 April 2007
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