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Turkey's CHP needs to broaden protest beyond party to maintain momentum, researcher says

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Vast crowds of students surged onto Istanbul's streets Monday in the latest protest over the arrest and jailing of Istanbul's opposition mayor that has sparked Turkey's worst unrest in years. FRANCE 24's Peter O'Brien speaks to Massimo D'Angelo, Research Associate at Loughborough University London. He says that the opposition party CHP must broaden the protest movement beyond the party if it wants to maintain momentum.

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