This Day In Turkey: May

Akyaka Geese in May © Emily Rice Johnson

1 May

1923

• Labor Day was first celebrated in Turkey.

1948

• Hürriyet newspaper published its first issue.

1964

• The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) was established, marking the beginning of public broadcasting in Turkey.

1977

• The “Bloody May 1st” Massacre. Toward the end of a May Day rally of 500,000 people in…