In a scene reminiscent of the Arab Spring, thousands of people on Saturday flooded Istanbul's main square after a crackdown on an anti-government protest turned city streets into a battlefield clouded ...

Taksim Square, the symbolic heart of Istanbul, was engulfed in black fumes and white clouds Tuesday as riot police firing tear gas and water cannons moved in to regain control over an area that has ...

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ISTANBUL (AP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a landmark new mosque on Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Friday, fulfilling a long-time ambition to build a Muslim house of worship in ...

Taksim Square in Istanbul is no stranger to riot police, tear gas and protests against the incumbent government. But in recent days, the square has been full of thousands of people waving Turkish ...

Hundreds of police in riot gear pushed past improvised barricades early Tuesday to reach Istanbul’s central Taksim Square, firing tear gas and rubber bullets to scatter protesters who have occupied ...

It was another night of violent clashes in Turkey between anti-government protestors and police. The protest in Istanbul's Taksim Square has been going for nearly two weeks and early on spread to ...

In their joint statement, the organizations indicated that they had applied to the Governorship of İstanbul, expressing their wish to celebrate the May Day at Taksim Square; however, they decided on ...

Hundreds of women and LGBTI+s gathered in İstanbul’s Taksim yesterday to mark the International Day for the Elimination of ...

The jets came in low, screeching over Istanbul’s Taksim Square. Then there was the sound of a blast. The protesters scattered and the sound of gunfire rattled through the air. Turkish military ...

ISTANBUL — The skeleton of a large new mosque has risen up on the west side of Istanbul’s Taksim Square in the last year, dwarfing the monument to the secular Turkish republic’s founder Mustafa Kemal ...