"Turks mark first May Day in Taksim Square in 30 years
By Ivan Watson and Yesim Comert, CNN
May 1, 2010 7:01 a.m. EDT
Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of union members and leftist political activists gathered Saturday for the first legally-sanctioned May Day celebration in Istanbul's central Taksim Square in 30 years.
Participants included relatives of at least 34 people killed when clashes erupted in Taksim between leftists and police on May Day in 1977. May Day rallies have been banned in Taksim Square since army generals swept into power in a military coup in 1980."
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