Istanbul

The constuction of Istanbul's third intercontinental bridge has marked a new milestone with the installation of the guide cable that connected its European and Asian sections.

The guide cable will be used to build the Catwalk, which will serve as a working scaffold, and the main cable, before connecting deck slabs.

Local shopkeepers who beat a group of May Day activists in Istanbul have said that the police thanked them for their vigilant action.

"We are Muslims and they are terrorists," one shopkeeper told daily Hürriyet on May 2.

Is it correct or not that Istanbul's Taksim Square was closed to May Day demonstrations? Generally there are two answers.

One answer is that whatever the government does is correct. When the government lifts the ban on Taksim, they should be applauded for the sake of freedoms. When they ban it, they should again be applauded for the sake of public order.

Emrullah Efendi, an Ottoman education scholar, became the minister of education in 1910. He was elected to the Ottoman Parliament in 1909 from the K?rklareli province in Thrace. 

Turkey marked May Day in places across the country with celebrations, apart from its largest city Istanbul, where riot police did not hesitate to use tear gas and water cannons to halt groups that attempted to rally in the streets to reach the symbolic Taksim Square. 

After a Turkish policeman kicked him during a May Day demo in Istanbul, a stray dog has chased a patrol car, in scenes that went viral on social media.

The stray dog was kicked away by a policeman who was detaining a protester near Taksim Square on May 1. Soon after the incident, the dog started to chase a police car at the square, barking.

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.

As demonstrations are underway throughout Turkey to mark May Day, Turkish police have taken extraordinary measures to prevent them, detaining at least 136 people, particularly around Istanbul's Taksim Square, which is on lockdown today.

The Istanbul Tanp?nar Literature Festival will be held from May 4 to 8 with the theme ?City and Frontiers,? hosting dozens of writers from various countries.

Turkey?s first and biggest literature festival, the Istanbul Tanp?nar Literature Festival (ITEF) is set to be held between May 4 and 8, with more than 30 writers from 26 countries attending the festival. 

Istanbul's iconic Taksim Square is set to be on lockdown to prevent celebrations of May Day, but opposition parties and some unions have announced that they are determined to march to the square, as the prime minister underlined that only "symbolic" rallies would be allowed.