By Akin Nazli in Belgrade Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Ozgur Ozel was on May 4 physically ...

Istanbul authorities on Wednesday closed metro trains, buses and Bosphorous ferries, paralysing Turkey's biggest city in a ...

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

Today’s Turkey is a melting pot of 20 or so ethnic groups and styles from the very traditional to the very latest ...

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 ...

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

REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya A protester gestures as she is detained, on the day people attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day, in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2025.

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

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 ...

Istanbul’s contemporary heart is Taksim Square, circled by endless traffic and highlighted by a statue commemorating the father of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The square marks the ...