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March for ‘justice’ by Erdogan opponents in Turkey gains momentum and alarms government
DUZCE, Turkey — The midday sun was roasting, their limbs were aching, and the protesters, from Turkey’s largest opposition party, still had 125 miles to march before Istanbul, their destination.
The road had been hard: One elderly protester died of cardiac arrest, and another was hospitalized with heart spasms.
But spirits were soaring as they walked through Duzce last week, holding banners that said “justice,” to protest a…