The mysterious and sublime seal that unites Europe to Asia,” was how the French writer Gérard de Nerval wrote of Istanbul in ...

Turkish police charged May Day protesters in Istanbul on Thursday, detaining hundreds of people and dragging some away in ...

Some of my most vivid memories from my first visit to Istanbul in the 1970s are of the colorful locals. Scruffy kids sold ...

despite a ban on Public gatherings.Hundreds of protesters were dragged away and taken into custody as chaos ensued at Istanbul’s Taksim square. #TurkeyProtests #MayDay2025 #IstanbulClashes # ...

Ekrem Imamoglu's arrest in March triggered mass protests on the streets of Istanbul as hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy ...

Imamoglu is the biggest political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkish police detain a protester who was attempting to march with others to Taksim Square during a May Day (Labour Day) ...

Taksim Square in Istanbul is no stranger to riot police, tear gas and protests against the incumbent government. But in recent days, the square has been full of thousands of people waving Turkish ...

Amnesty International called for Turkish authorities to lift the ban on May Day (also called Labor Day) gatherings in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Wednesday. Amnesty International’s deputy regional ...

On Thursday, protesters attempted to march towards central Istanbul's Taksim Square, where all protests have been banned for years, under overcast and rainy weather. Police blocked them in ...

Public transport was shut down to stop people reaching Taksim Square, where demonstrations have been banned since 2013. Footage showed clashes between riot police and protesters with demonstrators ...