---
title: "From Protest to Resistance: Turkey’s May Day Crackdown and the Erosion of Civic Space"
id: "3365"
type: "post"
slug: "may-day-crackdown-turkey"
published_at: "2025-05-05T19:19:18+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-22T22:34:09+00:00"
url: "https://theresistancehub.com/may-day-crackdown-turkey/"
markdown_url: "https://theresistancehub.com/may-day-crackdown-turkey.md"
excerpt: "On the morning of May 1, 2025, Istanbul was already bracing for confrontation. By nightfall, more than 400 protesters had been arrested, streets were thick with tear gas, and Turkey’s ruling elite had once again shown its willingness to criminalize..."
taxonomy_category:
  - "Resistance"
taxonomy_post_tag:
  - "Democratic Backsliding"
  - "Middle East"
  - "Nonviolent Resistance"
  - "Protest Movements"
  - "Resistance Movements"
  - "Resistance Strategy"
  - "Underground Networks"
---

# From Protest to Resistance: Turkey’s May Day Crackdown and the Erosion of Civic Space