(1 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Istanbul – 1 May 2024
1. Protestors facing riot police, chanting slogans
2. Close of police holding riot shields
3. Various of protesters and police clashing
4. Riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets
5. Protesters moving back
6. Close of police holding shields
7. Mid of armed officer
8. Mid of police
9. Protesters with red flags chanting
10. Various of protestors clashing with police
11. Members of media coughing from tear gas
12. Police moving people back
13. Line of police with riot shields moving forward
STORYLINE:
Police in Istanbul clashed with protesters who tried to reach the central Taksim Square on Wednesday in defiance of a government ban on marking Labour Day at the landmark location.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has long declared Taksim off-limits for demonstrations on security grounds, but the square holds symbolic value.
In 1977, unidentified gunmen opened fire on a May Day celebration there, causing a stampede and killing 34 people.
Police used tear gas and fired rubber bullets to disperse thousands of people who tried to break through the barricade and reach Taksim in defiance of the ban.
On Wednesday, a small group of trade union representatives laid a wreath at a monument to victims.
AP video shot by: Mehmet Guzel
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