Title: 1 May ‘77 The Voices of Those Who Lost Their Loved Ones 1 May ‘77 and Impunity
Interviews : Tuğçe Yılmaz
Articles : Arzu Çerkezoğlu, Emel Ataktürk, Fehmi Işıklar, Kani Beko,
Nejla Kurul, Sami Evren, Süleyman Çelebi, Tuğçe Yılmaz
Translated by: Kate Ferguson, Amy Spangler and İdil Aydoğan
Language of Translation: Turkish
Place of publication: Istanbul
Publisher: IPS Communication Foundation
Release date: March 2021

They died on Taksim Square on 1 May 1977. The İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office submitted the indictment to the İstanbul 2nd Heavy Penal Court at the end of the month.
The defendants were the 98 people they collected from the square, among them were Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) executives. In other words, they were those who came for the festivities. They were acquitted.[1]