Taksim Square was where Istanbul's water was distributed -- Taksim means divide. The site is seen as symbolizing the seclar Turkish republic founded by Ataturk.

The crowds in Taksim Square had free rein in the pre-dawn hours on Sunday. For days, Istanbul’s main square and the normally bustling pedestrian thoroughfare that spills into it had been the ...

Taksim Square, named after a Byzantine cistern wall, has had many lives. It once marked the edge of the city, and its surrounding districts were populated by non-Muslim communities of Greeks, ...

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 ...

Just over two weeks ago, bulldozers came to raze Gezi Park, a green space in Istanbul’s central Taksim Square. The park was to be destroyed to make way for a reconstructed Ottoman artillery ...

The square was full of people, chanting in groups, singing, waving flags, angry and defiant. The police had withdrawn from around Ataturk’s statue, but they were still visible around the streets ...

Taksim Square Showdown, as Police Forcefully Clear Gezi Park ‘Escalating Force’ After seeming to reach a peaceful understanding with protesters, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reverses ...

Taksim Square was where Istanbul's water was distributed -- Taksim means divide. The site is seen as symbolizing the seclar Turkish republic founded by Ataturk.

The police violence around Taksim Square came as no surprise to anyone who knows how demonstrations in Diyarbakir often end. But this time, it wasn’t Kurds marching.