Hundreds of Turkish workers marched in central Istanbul Saturday evening to protest the government's economic liberalization measures, Xinhua reported.
Around 500 people gathered in Istanbul's Istiklal Avenue at 5 p. m. for a rally organized by the Labor Party and marched down to the Taksim square, holding anti-government banners and shouting slogans such as "May the anti-worker government resign."
Guven Gercek, head of Labor Party's Istanbul office, said the popular movement in Turkey was caused by the government's " disregard" for workers after two explosions happened Thursday in Ankara's industrial zone, which killed 17 workers.
The protestors were dispersed without incident at the Taksim square.