Thousands stage pro-Gaza rally in Istanbul

Demonstrators gathered in freezing temperatures under cloudless blue skies to march to the city's Galata Bridge for a rally under the slogan: "We won't remain silent, we won’t forget Palestine," an AFP reporter at the scene said. More than 400 civil society organisations were present at the rally, one of whose organisers was Bilal Erdogan, the youngest son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Police sources and Anadolou state news agency said some 500,000 people had joined the march at which...