Ahead of the holiday, police arrested 100 people allegedly planning to protest on Istanbul's central Taksim Square, where ...

Hundreds of people have been arrested in Istanbul, with 50,000 police officers deployed to the city as authorities attempt to ...

Police arrested nearly 400 people in Istanbul on Thursday, with parts of Turkey's biggest city paralysed in a bid to prevent ...

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

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

The detainees included 10 minors and 11 lawyers. Almost all of the detentions were made to prevent groups from reaching the ...

For thousands of years, Istanbul has marked the point where East meets West — a true crossroads of civilizations. Once known ...

Police arrested more than 400 people in Istanbul on Thursday ... detained for allegedly planning to protest in the central Taksim Square, where demonstrations have been banned since 2013.

The demonstrations, which marked the first major opposition rally since mass protests roiled the country last month over the ...

Turkish Police Scuffle With May Day Protesters in Istanbul, Detain Hundreds ISTANBUL ... a ban on public gatherings and march towards Taksim Square. Unions and NGOs had called for protests ...