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İstanbul police detain union leaders attempting May Day march: report

May 2, 2020

Police in İstanbul detained at least 15 people, including trade union leaders who tried to stage a May Day march in defiance of coronavirus lockdown rules...

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Women gathered in İstanbul for ‘elimination of violence day’ dispersed with pepper spray, plastic bullets

November 26, 2019

İstanbul police on Monday evening dispersed women who gathered to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, using pepper spray and plastic...

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Police prevent HDP from marching in solidarity with deputy on hunger strike

February 11, 2019

Turkish police on Monday prevented pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies from marching in İstanbul’s Taksim Square in solidarity with deputy Leyla Güven, who...

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Erdoğan: Atatürk Cultural Center to be replaced by opera house

June 13, 2017

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced at an iftar dinner on Tuesday that the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) in Istanbul’s Taksim Square would be demolished...

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