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The İstanbul Governor’s Office requested the deputy mayor election be held within the 4-day period in which two CHP municipal council members will be in custody, thus leaving them unable to vote. Deputy mayor elections are decided by votes from municipal councils.

This week İstanbul police drones made announcements in Fatih and Üsküdar that "alcohol is prohibited” in those areas. Lawyer Mehmet Ümit Erdem said there is no public drinking ban.

14 sea vessels and a Coast Guard helicopter have been dispatched to the region. Search and rescue operations continue.

The decision issued by Governor Ali Yerlikaya said police detained 373 people by exercising "gradual and proportional force" during the Pride Parade.

As the Pride March has been banned for the seventh consecutive year, LGBTI+s say they will defy the ban and "find one another on the streets."

The government should take a rights-based approach and shouldn't reveal the people whom it provides assistance, says Hacer Foggo from the Deep Poverty Network.

Twenty-five members of the DİSK were detained after attempting to march to Taksim Square.

İstanbul Governor’s Office released a statement banning Taksim a day before May Day. “Demonstrations can’t be controlled and participants’ life and property safety will be in danger,” it said.