<p>Protesters carrying banners commemorating the loss of life on Istanbul’s Taksim Square on May Day in 1977 were dispersed by police in riot gear on May 1.</p><p>This video shows marchers scatter as police fire non-lethal rounds at the ground at their feet. Later a man is seen being detained on the ground and police can be seen firing tear gas.</p><p>Police reportedly broke up marches around the city</a>, with a number of people being detained.</p><p>May Day, marked internationally as a day of protest for workers’ rights, is also remembered in Turkey as the day at least 34 people</a> died when nationalists opened fire on a demonstration on Taksim Square in 1977.</p><br />
