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One man march challenges Turkey's emergency rule

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Turkey is still under emergency rule. Since last July 2016's failed coup, over 60,000 people have been detained and more than one  hundred and forty thousand lost thier jobs.

Kemal Kilicdaroglu (C,R) the leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party and Luis Ayala, (C,L), Secretary General of the Socialist International,  hold a placard that reads "Justice", on 28 June, 2017.
Kemal Kilicdaroglu (C,R) the leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party and Luis Ayala, (C,L), Secretary General of the Socialist International, hold a placard that reads "Justice", on 28 June, 2017. Ziya Koseoglu/Republican People's Party Press Office/AFP
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But that crackdown is facing what could be its greatest challenge yet - a man walking from the capital Ankara to Istanbul, holding a simple placard with the word justice. Dorian Jones reports from Turkey on the Justice March.

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