MAY 1, 1989/ MEHMET AKİF DALCI
The year of 1989 and the May Day of the year in Taksim
In 1989, Evren left office, Özal came to power. ANAP lost, SHP rose. Turkey was like a country with two constitutions. Amid hunger strikes, workers’ and students’ protests, they shot Mehmet Akif Dalcı on May 1, a day people were not allowed to celebrate.