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The women who were massacred in Taksim, İstanbul during the May Day celebrations in 1977 have been commemorated by the women’s organizations and four occupational organizations and confederations of unions.

The ones massacred in Taksim, İstanbul during May Day celebrations in 1977 have been commemorated. While fewer people have gathered on Kazancı Slope due to pandemic, their message is as strong as before: “We don’t forget our friends.”

Representatives from political parties, unions and rights organizations have held commemorations at the Kazancı Yokuşu, where most of the 41 deaths in the 1977 massacre occurred.

In the commemoration of those losing their lives on May 1, 1977 held at Kazancı Yokuşu in İstanbul’s Taksim, demand for forming truth commission to investigate into the May 1, 1977 massacre has been reiterated.