The police's heavy-handed response saw demonstrators' numbers surge It’s a congested, sprawling transport hub surrounded by 1950s architecture and predominantly used by commuters or tourists to cross ...

Four Istanbul poker buddies don’t cancel their regular game just because riots have broken out downstairs in Michael Onder’s comedy, 'Taksim Hold’em.' By Deborah Young While Turkish film fans wait for ...

Protesters run in panic as riot police and water cannons returned to Istanbul's Taksim square late afternoon June 11, 2013. Turkish riot police fired tear gas and used water cannon against ...

11 June: When I finally got through to my Turkish friends on Tuesday 4 June the worst of the fighting was over. They reported that both Gezi park and Taksim, Istanbul’s great square, were in the hands ...

ISTANBUL Protesters and Turkey's prime minister both refused to back down Tuesday in what could become the final battle for Istanbul's Taksim Square, the symbol of nationwide grievances against his ...

International pundits have praised Turkey for its economic growth in the midst of recession and upheld it as a political role model for Muslim-majority countries in the wake of the Arab Spring. Yet ...

Hundreds of thousands of protesters in the streets of Istanbul. Tens of thousands of policemen attacking with teargas bombs and rubber-bullets. The Bosphorus bridge heaving with demonstrators.