Police intervened against the protesters who gathered in front of the İstanbul Branch of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers of TMMOB upon a call by Taksim Solidarity on the 9th anniversary of the Gezi Resistan.
Five journalists, including the Evrensel reporter Meltem Akyol, were battered and detained while covering the demonstrations. Akyol was released after the statement was completed and the medical examination was done (May 31).