In a major show of defiance in Turkey, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets to voice their opposition to president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Amid a sea of red-and-white Turkish flags, protesters have streamed into Istanbul under banners with the word "adalet" - Turkish for justice.
Some had been walking for three weeks, with this the final stop in a 450-kilometre march from the capital Ankara.
The demonstrators want an end to arbitrary arrests and dismissals after Mr Erdogan launched a crackdown against opponents in the wake of last year's failed military coup.
Protester Muhammer Dogan says innocent people have been paying the price.
"Really, there is no justice. Innocent people are being imprisoned, are being victimised. Favouritism and discrimination are everywhere. No other government did what this government has done in Turkey. Favouritism and discrimination have never been as common as today. They could have changed some names on the senior level, and people could have continued their lives. But this government has completely polarised our people."
Mr Erdogan claims to be cracking down on those who support militant organisations.
But the government's definition of what constitutes backing terrorism is so broad it has led to the arrest of thousands of civil servants, journalists, campaigners and other workers.
The so-called "justice march" drew widespread support after the deputy leader of the opposition party was imprisoned last month.
Parliamentarian Enis Berberoglu was sentenced to 25 years in prison for revealing state secrets.
He allegedly leaked documents to an opposition newspaper suggesting the Turkish government had armed militants in Syria aligned with groups like al-Qaeda.
The leader of the march, 68 year-old opposition leader Kemel Kilicdaroglu, has promised to end what he calls a "dictatorship."
"No-one should think the end of this march is the end. This march was our first step. July 9 is a new step. July 9 is a new climate. July 9 is a new history."
Mr Kilicdaroglu, once seen as weak in opposition, has begun to draw comparisons with India's late Mahatma Gandhi, who led peaceful demonstrations against Britain decades ago.
But Mr Erdogan has accused the marchers of supporting terrorism.
He says the opposition party has gone beyond political opposition and is acting with terrorist organisations and the forces inciting them against the country.
