Police-state repression is part of the government's drive to crush social and political opposition by establishing a ...

Asharq Al Awsat Istanbul authorities on Wednesday closed metro trains, buses and Bosphorous ferries, paralyzing Türkiye’s biggest city in a bid to prevent May Day demonstrations.Ahead of the holiday, ...

More than 100 people were detained in the past two days police raids in İstanbul and İzmir targeting groups calling for May ...

Dozens of individuals were arrested for allegedly calling for protests on May Day at Taksim Square in the center of Istanbul.

Taksim Square is a place of 'huge symbolic significance for the Turkish trade union and workers movements', Amnesty said ...

Istanbul police on Tuesday launched operations against far-left terrorist groups ahead of May 1 Labor and Solidarity Day ...

ISTANBUL, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Turkish police detained 76 suspects in Istanbul as part of an operation targeting terrorist groups allegedly planning to provoke unrest during May Day demonstrations, ...

The Istanbul Governorship has announced measures ahead of Labor and Solidarity Day on May 1, emphasizing public safety and ...

The Turkish authorities must lift all restrictions on a planned May Day solidarity demonstration in Istanbul’s Taksim Square and allow people to gather peacefully in accordance with a ruling by ...

Within hours of the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on March 19, the authorities moved to swiftly seal-off Taksim Square as police fanned out across the city. Imamoglu, 53, of the ...

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck the city of Istanbul, with Turkish media reporting emergency teams being dispatched ...