"to serving as the main transfer point for the municipal bus system, Taksim Square is also the terminus of the Hacıosman-4. Levent-Taksim-Yenikapı subway line of the Istanbul Metro. The İstiklal Avenue-Tünel nostalgic tram line also starts in Taksim. Taksim's position was given an extra boost on June 29, 2006, when the new Kabataş-Taksim Funicular line F1 connecting the Taksim Metro station with the Kabataş tramway station and Seabus port was opened, allowing people to ascend to Taksim in just 110 seconds. The square has been an important venue for political protests during much of its existence. Groups from all sides"
"Turkey, with the events on 1 May 1977 turning into a massacre in which 42 people were killed during demonstrations in Taksim Square. In preparation for the 2015 demonstrations, the government banned all demonstrations on Taksim Square and mobilised 10,000 police officers to curb protests. In ensuring clashes, protestors were met with tear gas and water cannon, to which some activists responded by throwing stones and firecrackers at the security forces. Despite the heavy police presence, communist activists were able to briefly enter Taksim square before being apprehended by police. During the clashes in Taksim, a stray dog who was"
"of the political spectrum in Turkey, as well as many NGOs, try to demonstrate in this square in order to use its visibility for the benefit of their cause. Following many other violent incidents, all forms of group protests were banned in the square and the police units maintained a round-the-clock presence to prevent any incidents. The ban did not apply to surrounding avenues or streets. Today, Taksim Square is once again the starting point or destination of many political demonstrations; moreover, mass meetings on Labour Day were permitted for the first time in 2010 and have been taking place"
"for Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park. Mass demonstrations spread across the country from Istanbul while riot police brutally tried to suppress the protesters. During a meeting held between the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, some cabinet members and representatives of students, academics and NGOs on June 12, 2013, Erdoğan told that he was informed late and incomplete about the course and the extent of the events in Taksim. He added that he had summoned the highest-ranked local civil servant responsible and censured him, who hereupon cried. One of the participants told afterwards the daily ""Vatan"" that they perceived the person meant"
"the actual existence of this State is illegitimate as the holy Torah strictly and explicitly forbids any Jewish rule over the Holy Land."" Neturei Karta protests took place in Ottawa, Montral, Washington, D.C., New York City, Jerusalem and London. Neturei Karta Rabbis visited the injured in Turkey. Throughout 31 May, demonstrators gathered in the Middle East, Europe, North America and South Asia following the attack. In Turkey, more than ten thousand people gathered to protest in Taksim Square in central Istanbul on the night of 31 May 2010. Hundreds of protesters then tried to storm the Israeli consulate in Istanbul."
"3:45 pm, the police force started to withdraw from Taksim Square, letting protesters in. During the withdrawal, some protesters threw water bottles at the security forces, which resulted in the police use of tear gas. The protests in Ankara that began on 31 May continued. The protesters, gathered mainly on Güven Park in the Kızılay neighbourhood, were also interrupted by the police officers. The roads to the Kızılay square where protesters tried to gather were closed by the security forces. The security around the Başbakanlık Konutu and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey were also increased with the aid of"
"Atatürk Airport and Sabiha Gökçen Airport are available. In the beginning of June 2013, during the height of the Gezi Park protests, Taksim square was the scene of large clashes between police and protesters. Due to the use of overwhelming force and tear gas, many protesters sought refuge in nearby hotels as well as Taksim station. Police however followed protesters into the station and fired tear gas grenades into the underground complex further harming the protesters as well as tourists and other civilians on the platforms below. Due to these clashes M2 service was suspended until the tear gas was"
"Oct 2010."""" The PKK denied involvement in the attack. 2010 Istanbul bombing The 2010 Istanbul bomb blast was a suicide bombing which took place on Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey on 31 October 2010 at 10:34. The bomb resulted in at least 32 injuries, 15 of whom were police officers and was claimed by a Kurdish secessionist group known as the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK). The explosion occurred in Taksim Square on the European side of the city. The blast was reportedly a suicide bombing, targeting the riot officers and police vehicles typically stationed in the area. Multiple additional explosive"
"into the square, 580–700 people were stopped and 1 person died under police control. After these events, the government declared 1 May as ""Work and Solidarity Day"" but not as a holiday. In the next year, the day was declared as a holiday, but people were still not allowed to gather in Taksim Square. The year 2008 was remembered with police violence in Istanbul. Police fired tear gas grenades among the crowds, and into hospitals and a primary school. Workers pushed forward so that in 2010, 140,000 people gathered in Taksim, and in 2011 there were more than half a"
"Muammer Güler ordered police to withdraw from Taksim, allowing protesters to re-occupy the square. Protesters ""shun violence"". Demonstrators returning to the square organized to clean the square, which has become littered with debris. In the afternoon Tayyip Erdoğan stated ""I will not seek permission from hoodlums to implement my plans for Taksim."" He further raised the possibility of building a museum instead of a shopping mall in the place of the Atatürk Cultural Center and Opera house, which currently stands to be demolished in Taksim Square. This mosque was probably part of the big project for redesigning Taksim but details"
"were also targeted. Starting from the 1970s, the population of Istanbul began to rapidly increase, as people from Anatolia migrated to the city in order to find employment in the many new factories that were constructed at the outskirts of the sprawling metropolis. This sudden sharp rise in the city's population caused a large demand for housing development, and many previously outlying villages and forests became engulfed into the greater metropolitan area of Istanbul. In 2013, Taksim Square was the center of the Gezi Park protests, where protesters protested a wide range of concerns at the core of which were"
"in Istanbul. Labour Day demonstrations organized by trade unions were celebrated around this place many years long following the Taksim Square massacre in 1977. The second mass rally of the Republic Protests against the presidential election took place here on April 29, 2007. The view of the monument is contained in the logo of Şişli Municipality used by the district mayor. Monument of Liberty, Istanbul The Monument of Liberty or Monument of Eternal Liberty (; ), located in the Şişli district of Istanbul, Turkey, is a memorial in honor of the soldiers killed defending the Ottoman parliament against reactionary monarchist"
"to Taksim Square have been blocked by protesters against the police with barricades of paving stones and corrugated iron. By evening on 4 June there were again tens of thousands in Taksim Square; Al Jazeera reported that ""there are many families with their children enjoying the demonstration that has developed the feeling of a festival."" There were also signs of a developing infrastructure reminding some observers of Occupy Wall Street, with ""a fully operational kitchen and first-aid clinic... carved out of an abandoned concession stand in the back of the park,"" complete with rotas and fundraising for people's travel expenses."
"It is unclear if the ceasefire announcement, which was made approximately an hour after the Ankara bombing, was related to the incident. In the afternoon following the attack, thousands of union members began protesting at Taksim Square in İstanbul against the bombing, with many participants chanting anti-government slogans and calling on both the governing AKP and for Erdoğan to resign. Amongst the about 10,000 people, slogans were chanted that said ""the state is a killer"" and ""we know the murderers."" Similar protests occurred in İzmir, with tensions between protestors and riot police briefly rising in Alsancak before deescalating shortly after."
"million demonstrators. After 3 years of peaceful meetings in 2013, meetings in Taksim Square were forbidden by the government. Clashes occurred between police and workers; water cannon and tear gas have been widely used. It is a public holiday in Ukraine, inherited from the Soviet era. Until 2018 May 2 was also a public holiday (as in the Soviet era), instead in 2017 Western Christianity's Christmas celibrated 25 December become a new Ukrainian public holiday. 1 May's International Workers' Day remained a Ukrainian public holiday, although it was renamed (also in 2017) from ""Day of International Solidarity of Workers"" to"
"a coalition of students and civic groups that began on 18 March 2014, in the Legislative Yuan and, later, also the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The activists protested the passing of the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) by the ruling party Kuomintang at the legislature without clause-by-clause review. The protesters occupied the legislature for 24 days before vacating peacefully. The initial protests in Istanbul on 28 May 2013 were led by about 50 environmentalists against replacing Taksim Gezi Park with a reconstruction of the Ottoman Era Taksim Military Barracks (the scene of pro Sultan riots in"
"response than about Gezi Park. On June 17, the government prohibited demonstrations in Istanbul. It was two days after police had ""swept the square clear of protesters with teargas and water cannon."" ""The Guardian"" noted that after being ""driven from the square and the park"", protesters ""talked about the need to find new ways of getting their message across."" At around 6 p.m. on June 17, Gündüz drove to Taksim Square, near Gezi Park, which had been sealed off owing to the widespread anti-government protests. He walked to the center of the square and stood there silently in protest against"
"return from a four-day trip to North Africa. Erdoğan blames ""interest rate lobbies"" claiming they are behind Gezi protests. His supporters chant ""Give us the way, we will crush Taksim Square"". Riot police forces enter Taksim square early in the morning. They make announcements that they will not be entering Gezi Park and their mission is to open Taksim Square to traffic again. Most protesters gather at Gezi Park, but a small group carrying banners of the Socialist Democracy Party retaliate using molotov cocktails and slingshots. Some people like Luke Harding from The Guardian claims that undercover police threw molotov"
"in Taksim. Thousands also marched in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, as well as in İzmir and Ankara. A protest in Akçakoca caused a discussion about the death sentence. The Buca district of İzmir, Samsun and Kırıkkale saw protests, among other cities. A group also protested in the Union Square in New York City. The government response was criticized by many Turks as ""too little, too late"". Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu condemned the attack and announced that this would prompt a widespread campaign against violence against women. He also announced that a youth center in Antalya would be named after"
"women in the protests, causing a fight. In Trabzon, while a group of 700 women were protesting the murder, a drunk man shouted that ""the murder [was] well-deserved for Özgecan"", causing a commotion. Members of a group of 50 women who hung banners in the Taksim Square, Istanbul, were arrested by the police. Claims of the courts having sympathies for perpetrators of violence against women and thus issuing reduced sentences were highlighted during the protests. The current conservative government has also been accused of creating an ""Islamic atmosphere"", in which non-conservative women are seen as deserving violence. According to CBC"
"The 2012 pride march, which took place on 1 July, attracted between 10,000 and 30,000 people. Participants assemble in Taksim Square before marching the entire length of İstiklal Avenue. This is a wide pedestrian boulevard and one of Istanbul's most important public spaces, the frequent home of bayram and regional festivals. On 30 June 2013, the pride parade attracted almost 100,000 people. The protesters were joined by Gezi Park protesters, making the 2013 Istanbul Pride the biggest pride ever held in Turkey. The 2014 pride attracted more than 100,000 people. The European Union praised Turkey that the parade went ahead"
"mass demonstrations in Taksim Square, Germany blocked the start to new EU accession talks with Turkey. According to the ""Financial Times"", one Turkish official said that such a move could potentially break off political relations with the bloc. A Eurobarometer poll in September 2013, which included EU countries and candidate countries as well, showed that 43% of Turks viewed the EU positively, as compared with 60% six months previously. In the same poll, 29% of Turks polled expressed support for an EU Constitution, the lowest level of support among EU countries and candidates polled. Germany says that its reservation stems"
"with plastic bullets and some tear gas bombs and some protesters are detained. There is also a major police intervention in Ankara. The Istanbul LGBT Pride 2013 parade at Taksim Square attracts almost 100,000 people. Participants were joined by Gezi Park protesters, making the 2013 Istanbul Pride the biggest pride ever held in Turkey and eastern Europe. The European Union praises Turkey that the parade went ahead without disruption. Thousands of people stage the ""1st Gas Man Festival"" (1. Gazdanadam Festivali) in Kadıköy to protest against the police crackdown on anti-government and nature-supporting demonstrations across the country. With the arrival"
"disproportionate force would be investigated. Protests also spread to Ankara and Izmir. In Ankara, a helicopter was used to fire tear gas at the protesters, and police were seen chasing demonstrators into shops with electric shock batons. Clashes between protesters and security forces continued all night long in Ankara. In İzmir, more than 10,000 people held a protest on 31 May, with demonstrators holding banners reading ""Everywhere is Taksim, everywhere is resistance"", ""Resist Taksim, İzmir is with you"", and ""Chemical Erdoğan"". Protesters in İzmir were also raided by police armed with tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons. ""About half"
"were on the ground. They were hitting us they were pushing. They built a circle around us and then they attacked."" At around 8.20pm police renewed tear gas and water cannon attacks on the tens of thousands who had gathered in Taksim Square. A van for boosting mobile phone reception was seen on fire. Protestors have made great use of mobile phones to use Twitter and other social media. A Turkish security official said that the police had used as much tear gas in the first three days of the protests as they normally used in a year. Clashes continued"
"policeman during the protests at Ankara Kizilay Square. He dies 14 days later due to his injuries. PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan describes the protesters as ""a few looters"" in a televised interview. He also criticises social media, calling Twitter a ""menace"" and an ""extreme version of lying"". At night, police forces try to disperse protesters gathered at Beşiktaş district. Clashes between police and protesters continue until next morning. Beşiktaş football team supporter group Çarşı members hijack a bulldozer and chase police vehicles. Front side of AKM (Atatürk Cultural Center) building at Taksim Square gets covered with banners. In Ankara, police"
"everywhere in Turkey. President Abdullah Gül announces suspension of Gezi Park redevelopment plans. An investigation regarding police brutality is opened and some officers dismissed Violence and mass demonstrations spread again in the country, after police attacks on thousands of protesters who threw carnations at them and called for brotherhood. Mass demonstrations occur again in Taksim Square, Istanbul and also in Güvenpark and Dikmen in Ankara to protest against the release of police officer Ahmet Şahbaz who fatally shot Ethem Sarısuluk in the head, as well as against events in Lice, Diyarbakır and Cizre, Şırnak. Riot police suppress the protesters partially"
"Ethem Sarısülük (26), İrfan Tuna (47), Selim Önder (88), Ali İsmail Korkmaz (19), Berkin Elvan(16), Ahmet Atakan (22) and Police officer Mustafa Sarı (27), who fell from a bridge while in pursuit of demonstrators. A further 8,500+ were injured and twelve lost an eye, after being hit by teargas grenades and police's interventions. Police received widespread criticism for, among other things, using tear gas within buildings. The Koç Group, which had supported the demonstrators by giving them sanctuary in one of their hotels near Taksim was then subject to a tax investigation. Taksim Gezi Park Taksim Gezi Park is an"
"fire in Taksim plaza, the main square of Istanbul, Turkey, and his stance was reflected by the Turkish mass media as a protest of most Turkish-Armenians against such attacks. Nine people had been killed and more than 70 wounded in the attack on the Turkish airport. Another turbulent point for the Armenian community of Turkey was the highly publicized public trial of the Armenian gunman and one of the perpetrators of the attack, the 25-year-old Levon Ekmekjian, who was found guilty and eventually hanged at Ankara's civilian prison on January 30, 1983. He had been sentenced to death in September"
"square has been the site of political protests, including some in 1969 known as Bloody Sunday, and a terrorist attack in 1978 (Beyazıt Massacre). In 1915 twenty Armenian activists were hanged in the square (The 20 Hunchakian gallows). Beyazıt Square Beyazıt Square () is a square in the district of Fatih, situated in the European part of Istanbul, Turkey. It is officially named ""Freedom Square"" (), but is known as Beyazıt Square after the Bayezid II Mosque on one side of it. The Square is the former site of the Forum of Theodosius built by Constantine the Great. On one"
"protests have been compared to the Occupy movement and the May 1968 events. Social media played a key part in the protests, not least because much of the Turkish media downplayed the protests, particularly in the early stages. Three and a half million people (out of Turkey's population of 80 million) are estimated to have taken an active part in almost 5,000 demonstrations across Turkey connected with the original Gezi Park protest. Twenty-two people were killed and more than 8,000 were injured, many critically. The sit-in at Taksim Gezi Park was restored after police withdrew from Taksim Square on 1"
"held in Al-Assy Square in Hama, with an estimated 500,000 protesters. According to activists, it was the single largest rally of the uprising thus far. There were also demonstrations in Damascus and its countryside, Homs, Idlib, Deir Al-Zour, Latakia, Qamishli and Deraa. For the first time the unrest spread to the centre of the capital city of Damascus where security services were filmed firing at protesters at close range, according to unverified footage. The opposition reported 13 people killed during Friday's protests, and over 40 people are reported to have been wounded. The Syrian army launched a raid in Homs,"
"in what is described as a coup d'état by Morsi supporters and the international community, and by its supporters and the media as a revolution. Tahrir Square Tahrir Square ( "", , English: Liberation Square), also known as ""Martyr Square"", is a major public town square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. The square has been the location and focus for political demonstrations in Cairo, most notably those that led to the 2011 Egyptian revolution and the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. The square was originally called ""Ismailia Square"" ( ""), after the 19th-century ruler Khedive Ismail, who commissioned the new downtown"