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

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

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

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

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

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

Police arrested more than 400 people in Istanbul on Thursday, officials said, amidst a massive show of force to prevent May ...

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

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

Taksim square, considered a powerful symbol of labor rights and protest culture, is also an ideological battleground among ...

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 ...