Beşiktaş District Under Police Blockade Against May Day Gratulatories

(Video) Beşiktaş district under police blockade against May Day gratulatories

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Enver Alas/ Istanbul, May 1 (DHA) - Istanbul's iconic Taksim Square and surrounding districts, including Besiktas, are on lockdown by more than 20 thousand police officers and iron crush barriers to prevent celebrations of May Day.

Authorities in Istanbul have tightened security ahead of the national holiday, with iron barricades erected in the city center.

Taksim Square has symbolic meaning for the Turkish left, as over 30 people were killed in 1977 when suspected nationalists opened fire on May Day participants from what is now the Marmara Hotel.

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D100 highway - Barbaros Boulevard intersection

Police blockades the traffic

People struggling on their way to offices

People talking police to open their way to offices

Bus station

Pedestrians

Beşiktaş traffic sign

Police checking identity cards

Police searching bags

Blocked-empty Barbaros Boulevard

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Police officers

Pedestrians

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(Tür: English News)