As the Governor's Office of Istanbul announced that the 18th Feminist Night March will not be allowed on the Istiklal Avenue in Beyoglu, women couldn’t reach the avenue via the side streets which was closed by the police around 12pm today. Groups coming from different directions gathered on Siraselviler Street and wanted to march towards Istiklal but police did not allow them to proceed any further and intervened against the group frontmost using tear gas. While women were prevented by the police in Siraselviler near Taksim Square, the other end of the crowd reached as far as Cihangir. A group of women who gathered in Cihangir started marching to Karakoy.
The police have taken some women under custody who refused to disperse near Taksim Square.
8 March Show in Istanbul
The police did not allow women who wanted to make a press statement in Istanbul Taksim on the occasion of 8 March International Women’s Day… The police intervened against the women gathered in Cihangir Neighborhood. There are arrests in the action.
The police did not allow women who wanted to make a press statement in Istanbul Taksim on the occasion of 8 March International Women’s Day… The police intervened against the women gathered in Cihangir Neighborhood. There are arrests in the action.
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