Brutal arrests in Turkey (video/photo)
More than 400 people participating in the May 1 holidays were arrested on Thursday in Istanbul, where part of the city was blocked to prevent any assembly in the emblematic Taksim Square, an association of lawyers said, AFP reports.
‘The number of arrests that have reached our crisis unit exceeds 400’, said on the X Platform in Istanbul of the Association of Progressist Lawyers (CHD).
AFP journalists attended dozens of arrests in Besiktas and Mecidiyeksiy neighborhoods of the European city, where the police blocked the roads leading to Taksim Square.
Istanbul was the scene of major protests at the end of March, of an unprecedented magnitude in 2013, following the arrest of the mayor of Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Turkish Police Crack Down on May Day Protesters
May 1, 2025: In Istanbul, Riot Cops Swarmed Workers, Activists, and Opposition Voices Protesting the Arrest of Mayor ̇mamoğlu and Demanding Labor Rights.
Dragged into Buses, Silenced by Force. This is … pic.twitter.com/clrwmzxrsi
– The Watchman (@watchmanhq) May 1, 2025
#Turkey | #Istanbul, #Mayday – Despite a ban on Taksim, Workers, Students & Activists Marched. Police responded with Beatings, detections & even Drew Guns on Youth. 400+ Were Detained – Yet Resistance Held the Streets.#1mayıs2025
pic.twitter.com/zxtfimhpul– Vate Yeler (@Vatyeler_) May 1, 2025
Who do you call when the Pol̇ce dirt – Mayday 2025 Istanbul#Vioolenceintaksim pic.twitter.com/2byddy5qd2
– Furybloom (@mtlsibel) May 1, 2025
