(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) As demonstrations are underway throughout Turkey to mark May Day, Turkish police have taken extraordinary measures to prevent them, detaining several people, particularly around Istanbul's Taksim Square, which is on lockdown today.
Opposition parties and some unions have announced that they are determined to march to the square from the nearby BeÅŸiktaÅŸ neighborhood where they have been gathering from 10:00 a.m. Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu underlined that only "symbolic" rallies would be allowed, hinting that police would disperse any attempt of massive marches.
Only a small group of unionists were allowed into the square for a moderate remembrance ceremony for the victims of the May Day 1977, when 34 people were killed.
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