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Turkey detains 6 suspects 'plotting attack on opposition march'

Every day, thousands of people have accompanied Kilicdaroglu, who plans to finish the march with a mass rally in Istanbul on Sunday.

The alleged attack would have hit the final stages of an opposition justice march between Ankara to Istanbul to protest at the legal system under Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu is on the final stage of a 450-kilometre (280-mile) "justice march" from Ankara to Istanbul to protest at the legal system under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Suleyman Kamci, who governs the central Anatolian province of Kayseri, said police detained six IS militants after "acting on a good tip-off", the Hurriyet daily's website reported.

"They were going to attack the march with a minibus," he said. "A big provocation has been thwarted." There was no immediate confirmation from national officials.

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Two of the would-be bombers were detained in Kocaeli in northwestern Turkey -- 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Istanbul and four others in Kayseri, Hurriyet said.

The governor said the suspects had put flags from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the minibus to give the impression the government was somehow involved.

Police have heightened security around the march following the latest detentions, Hurriyet said.

CHP spokesman Bulent Tezcan played down the detentions, saying they were part of "routine work" by the security forces.

"We are working to let the march take place in a safe environment despite all kinds of attempted provocations," he said.

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"Each passing day the participants are increasing. I believe it will get even bigger when we approach Istanbul."

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