Although the square was generally calm early Wednesday, there were fears of further violence. And I'm Melissa Block. In Istanbul, crowds of protesters are once again gathering at Taksim Square ...

Just over two weeks ago, bulldozers came to raze Gezi Park, a green space in Istanbul’s central Taksim Square. The park was to be destroyed to make way for a reconstructed Ottoman artillery ...

Demonstrators have set up home in Gezi Park and Taksim Square and created makeshift facilities. Click on the labels below to explore the protesters' camp Some young protesters have been sleeping ...

Following a night of clashes between riot police and anti-government protesters in Turkey’s Taksim Square, a tense calm returned to the protest area early Wednesday. Turkish Prime Minister ...

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With protesters calling to march on Istanbul's Taksim Square, coffins symbolising the death of justice, and calls for resistance, the recent protests roiling Turkey have reawakened the Turkish ...

Istanbul authorities on Wednesday closed metro trains, buses and Bosphorous ferries, paralysing Turkey's biggest city in a bid to prevent May Day demonstrations. Ahead of the holiday, police ...

Police in Istanbul have used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters who tried to break through a barricade to reach the city’s Taksim Square in defiance of a ban on May Day rallies.

More than 400 people were arrested, a day after 100 people were detained for allegedly planning to protest in the central Taksim Square, where demonstrations have been banned since 2013.

ISTANBUL, May 1 (Reuters) - Turkish police charged May Day protesters in Istanbul on Thursday, detaining hundreds of people and dragging some away in buses after they tried to defy a ban on public ...

The Constitutional Court ruled that the decisions preventing May Day celebrations in Taksim Square in 2014 and 2015 violated the right to organize meetings and demonstrations. A symbolic compensation ...