Clashes between police and May Day demonstrators

(1 May 2015) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY
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Istanbul - 1 May 2015
1. Various of protesters sitting in street being sprayed by hose on top of anti-riot truck, demonstrators holding banner reading (Turkish): "Kocamustafapasa (Istanbul district) Solidarity"
2. Zoom in to brick being thrown at truck
3. Police officer firing what appears to be plastic bullets at protesters
4. Wide of protesters in street
5. Cloud of gas being sprayed from truck, man squats in front of truck
6. Protesters sitting in street
7. Protesters being sprayed by hose
8. Police firing what appear to be plastic bullets from side of truck
9. Various of cameramen fleeing red cloud of gas
10. Protesters in street holding banner reading (Turkish): "People's Front", red gas still in air
11. Anti-riot police in road
12. Firework going off next to anti-riot truck
STORYLINE
Clashes erupted between police and May Day demonstrators in Istanbul on Friday as crowds determined to defy a government ban tried to march to the city's iconic Taksim Square.
Security forces pushed back demonstrators with a water cannon and tear gas.
Protesters retaliated by throwing stones and hurling fireworks at police.
Authorities have blocked the square, which is symbolic as the centre of protests in 1977 during which 34 people were killed.
Turkish news wires said that 10-thousand police officers have been stationed around the square with water cannons.
The demonstrations are the first large scale protests since the government passed a security bill this year giving police expanded powers to crack down on protesters.
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