Turkish police scuffle with May Day protesters in Istanbul, forcefully detaining some of them :: May 1, 2025 :: Istanbul, ...

The crowd that gathered in Mecidiyeköy and began marching towards Taksim at 10:30 was met with a harsh police intervention.

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

Istanbul authorities on Wednesday closed metro trains, buses and Bosphorous ferries, paralysing Turkey's biggest city in a ...

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

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

In Istanbul, representatives from several unions marked May 1 Labor and Solidarity Day by laying wreaths at the Taksim ...

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

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

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 ...