Antalya, Turkey (CNN) -- Hundreds of activists at a meeting in Turkey titled "Conference for Change in Syria" issued a declaration Thursday calling on President Bashar al-Assad to step down and hand power to his vice president, with the goal of then organizing democratic elections. The opposition gathering also declared its support for the "Revolution in Syria," and elected a 31-member council aimed at assisting the protest movement in Syria. For the last two days, the activists from Syria and international diaspora have gathered in the conference rooms and lobbies of a hotel in this Turkish beach resort, to plot ways to support the bloody revolution in Syria.
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NEW: Syrian activists issue a declaration telling President Bashar al-Assad to step down
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The activists are meeting in Turkey in support of the Syrian opposition
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Dozens of pro-regime Syrians show up in support of al-Assad
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Al-Assad's regime sent the pro-government group, an opposition activist says
"They (the @placeholder regime) sent these people here to protest outside this hotel.