Police intervention began around Taksim
İSTANBUL (DİHA) - Turkish police began to interfere to workers and labourers at and around Taksim Square.
Police use force to disperse May Day activists at Taksim Square, too, after some 30 members of Turkey's Communist Party launched a blitz to enter the square by leaving a nearby hotel, running.
Police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a group who started to march from Beşiktaş toward Taksim.
Several tourists attempting to reach their hotels in Taksim have been blocked at police barricades on main roads, forcing them to look for alternate routes with their luggage.
A group from Beşiktaş football club's leading supporters' group çArşı entered Beşiktaş Square to the joy of the crowd. The group chanted slogans about both May Day and the current hotly contested football league title.
Most public transport options are currently halted around Taksim to prevent more people from reaching the square. Public bus drivers stopped on E-5 highway, which is normally closed to pedestrians, and told the passengers to walk if they want to go toward Taksim.
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