Turkish police today began closing off the area around Istanbul's Taksim Square to prevent any May Day gatherings from taking place. Specifically, tall metal barriers were placed around the square, where the famous pedestrianized Istiklal Avenue ends, according to an AFP journalist. More than 42,000 police officers will be deployed in Istanbul tomorrow, Wednesday, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Gerlikaya warned. “We will not allow terrorist organizations to make May Day a field of action and propaganda,” he warned. Gatherings have not been allowed in Taksim Square for years, but trade unions and political organizations regularly invite their members to gather there. Several of them asked for a march to this square tomorrow. Taksim Square and neighboring Gezi Park, located on the European side of Istanbul, were the focus of an unprecedented wave of protests in 2013 targeting the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, then prime minister since 2003. The Islamist-conservative Justice Party and […]
Source: News Beast
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