Along with a lot of information in Turkish there are quite a few Tweets pointing at the environmental nature of the protest with tree-saving and maintaing green space in an over urbanised city as the ...

On the orders of the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Istanbul Governor’s Office declared a de facto state of emergency Tuesday morning, closing Taksim Square to May Day celebrations.

ANKARA, Turkey "Lawbreakers" will be removed from Istanbul's Taksim Square, Turkey's prime minister declared Thursday, rejecting the European Parliament's resolution condemning the excessive use of ...

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 ...