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Added on the 01/05/2024 10:05:24 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Turkish police detain protesters attempting to hold a Labour Day demonstration in Istanbul, with the city centre's famous Taksim square closed off. The city is expecting mass International Workers' Day rallies ahead of key May 14 elections billed as a referendum on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two decades in power. IMAGES
Riot police clash with May Day protesters in Istanbul's Sarachane neighbourhood, with tens of thousands of officers deployed across the city to clamp down on similar gatherings. Istanbul's central Taksim Square was closed to rallies after 2013 demonstrations against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, a move that was ruled a violation of rights by Turkey's top constitutional court in 2023. Protesters and a number of opposition politicians have called for the square to be reopened to labour rallies. IMAGES
Turkish police fire water cannon and tear gas to quell hundreds of protesters trying to march to Cumhuriyet newspaper headquarters after staff were arrested. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Turkish police fire tear gas to disperse several hundred protesters demonstrating in Istanbul's main Taksim Square against security operations and curfews in the southeast. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Prison officers use bins to block access to the Fleury-Merogis prison near Paris following Tuesday's ambush on a prison van in Normandy, which left two prison officers dead. IMAGES