In Istanbul, tens of thousands of people have rallied in support of the opposition leader, Canan Kaftancioglu.
She has received a criminal conviction for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish state.
The 50 year old secular Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) leader now faces a suspended prison sentence. Some of the charges relate to messages published on Twitter 10 years ago.
Watch: Thousands protest Turkish opposition politician’s conviction for insulting Erdogan.https://t.co/KNczFsnWc6 pic.twitter.com/uKACa3Iu1V
— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) May 22, 2022
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