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As it happened: Turkey marks tense May Day as police enforce lockdown in central Istanbul

As May Day demonstrations ended throughout Turkey, police have managed to keep the masses away from Istanbul's Taksim Square by taking extraordinary measures, detaining at least 203 people.

Opposition parties and some unions had announced that they were determined to march to the square from the nearby Be?ikta? neighborhood where they have been gathering from 10:00 a.m.

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