May Day demonstrations across multiple continents escalated into clashes as traditional labor protests increasingly became vehicles for anti-war and anti-Israel political movements.

Protesters gathered in Istanbul for a second day on Thursday after police detained the city’s powerful mayor in a graft and terror probe that the opposition has ...

A mass rally organised by the main opposition party in Turkey, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), kicked off in Istanbul on Saturday. While student groups have maintained the momentum with smaller ...

Turkish authorities have released more than 500 protesters arrested at May Day rallies in Istanbul, a lawyers' association said Saturday. Police cracked down on Friday's demonstrations, firing tear ...

Thousands of Turkish government supporters on Thursday streamed across one of the two bridges spanning the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul to protest against the coup that sought to unseat President ...

Turkish authorities have released more than 500 protesters arrested at May Day rallies in Istanbul, a lawyers' association said Saturday.

(The author is a Seattle native who moved to Istanbul in January of 2006. Find his first report here and his second report here.) Hrothgar Police face off against protesters last Saturday, Istiklal ...

ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities detained over 500 May Day demonstrators on Friday for attempting to march in areas declared off-limits. Protests marking International Workers’ Day, a national holiday ...