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 (AA) - During the environment improvments in Taksim and around continues, a group of men, women and foreigners started their standing still and silent protest at the Taksim Square in ...

Angry protesters rallied in Istanbul on Tuesday despite a heavy police presence, shouting threats following allegations a ...

Editor's note: This piece has been updated as news is breaking. For more than a week, protesters had free rein of central Istanbul’s Taksim Square, massing daily in defiance of the government as ...

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.

While Istanbul’s fabled skyline of domes and minarets may be its global signature, Taksim Square is the popular center of city life and a symbol of the modern republic founded nearly 100 years ago.

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.

What started as a mostly environmental movement to protect the park in Taksim Square quickly spiraled into demonstrations across the country. But the central focus remains Istanbul's small Gezi Park.

Organizers of the 2017 Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride had vowed to march in central Taksim Square, using a Turkish hashtag for "we march," despite the ban on gay pride observances ordered by the Istanbul ...