At the May 1 celebration in Amed(Diyarbakır), the workers gave the message, "This order will change".
Workers and peoples flocking to the May 1 celebrations in 10 cities and counties from Edirne to Kars are saying that they will destroy the order of war and exploitation. Thousands of people, walking shoulder to shoulder with the slogan of unity, solidarity and struggle, started to fill the celebration areas.
Placing a wreath in Taksim Square, DİSK Chair Arzu Çerkezoğlu, said: "The place where May 1 should be celebrated is the Taksim Square".
While historical buildings are introduced in Turkish and English in Cizîr, Kurdish is not included. Birca Belek Language and Culture Association Co-Chair Fatma Gizçiler drew attention to the multi-faceted assimilation policies in the city and said: "We should not allow assimilation."
At least 70 people, including the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Davut Tezcan, were detained in the police attack on the shopkeepers who wanted to be displaced on the grounds of the Presidency's "risky area" decision in Bitlis.
AKP's President Tayyip Erdogan once again ordered the judiciary not to release HDP former Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş.