ISTANBUL (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 gatherings ...

Police detained hundreds as leftist groups attempted to reach Taksim despite bans, while thousands joined a permitted May Day rally in Kadıköy under heavy security. On May Day, thousands of people ...

A total of 419 people were detained in İstanbul during May Day demonstrations, according to a report released by the Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD). The detentions came amid a heavy police ...

Millions took part in May Day protests around the globe, including in Istanbul, Turkey, where police arrested hundreds of people. Fifty thousand officers were deployed ahead of the demonstrations, ...

Police arrested more than 400 people in Istanbul on Thursday, officials said, amidst a massive show of force to prevent May Day demonstrations in Turkey's biggest city.

More than 150 members of left parties, trade unions and youth organisations were detained in house raids on Tuesday and Wednesday in major cities including Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, ahead of the May ...

Taksim Square is a place of 'huge symbolic significance for the Turkish trade union and workers movements', Amnesty said - Copyright AFP/File Roman PILIPEY Taksim ...

Protests were called around Istanbul by unions and NGOs for May Day. The groups aimed to march to Taksim Square, where all protests are banned. Police blocked the groups gathered in Istanbul's central ...

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 arrested ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish riot police clashed with thousands of May Day protesters in Istanbul on Wednesday, firing water cannon and tear gas at crowds that tried to break through barricades to ...