ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities on Saturday banned demonstrators from holding a peace march in Istanbul this weekend, citing concerns about 'provocative action' and 'dense traffic'. The Istanbul governor's office said in a statement it would not allow the march, which organisers 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.
(photo credit: The Jerusalem Post)