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.

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 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 ...

ISTANBUL — Police sealed Istanbul's central Taksim Square on Sunday, a day after they cleared it in a tear-gas-filled conclusion to two weeks of anti-government protests in Turkey.

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, ...

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 The police had withdrawn from around Ataturk’s statue, but they were still visible around the streets ...

Oneindia - Video. Clashes erupt at Istanbul's Taksim Square |Protests against President Erdogan | Several detained. Posted: May 2, 2025 | Last updated: May 2, 2025 ...

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.

It’s a congested, sprawling transport hub surrounded by 1950s architecture and predominantly used by commuters or tourists to cross the city of Istanbul. But proposed changes to Taksim Square ...