Orhan Alkaya

More than 10,000 people took part in main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's "justice march" on its 15th day under sweltering 40-degree temperatures, with Kılıçdaroğlu voicing his determination in the search for "justice."

Istanbul's interdisciplinary art festival, Pera Fest, which has chosen "Art against Discrimination" as the theme of its 14th edition, opened on March 21 with a poetry & music event at Tiyatro Pera. Despite the general atmosphere of fear and anxiety due to the recent terror attack's proximity to the event, many of the invited artists attended the festival's opening event.