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Demiroren news agency reported that 30 people were also arrested in Istanbul’s Besiktas district and 22 others in Sisli district.
The Istanbul governor’s office said a total of 164 people had been arrested for “illegal protests”.
Due to Russia’s war in Ukraine and global price hikes, the annual inflation rate in Turkey in April was 68 percent, Reuters reported, up from 61 percent in March.
The head of the Turkish Confederation of Workers, Ergun Atalay, told protesters in Taksim Square that the minimum wage should be changed in order to coincide with rising prices.
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