Some 520,000 people took part in a pro-Palestine rally at the heart of Istanbul on Thursday. Streaming into Galata Bridge from the courtyards of Istanbulβs major mosques in the early hours of New Yearβs Day, people filled the venue as they changed slogans in solidarity with Palestine and against Israel.
Large Turkish and Palestinian flags were unfurled on the bridge, next to a giant banner reading βJustice for Gazaβ while a huge drawing of Handala, the character which became a symbol of Palestinian identity, adorne
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