The Istanbul governor's office said in a statement it would not allow the march, which organizers had planned for Sunday. The march was had been planned, with the support of some opposition lawmakers, after a suspected Islamic State suicide bomber killed 32 people in town on the Syrian border this week.
(Reporting by Ece Toksabay; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Toby Chopra)Turkey bans peace march on security, traffic concerns
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