Istanbul Governor's Office announces roads to be closed to traffic in Istanbul for May 1 and alternative routes.

According to a statement from the Istanbul Governor's Office, the roads to be closed and their alternative routes in connection with the May 1 Labor and Solidarity Day events in Beyoğlu, from 06:00 on Sunday, May 1, 2022, until the end of the events, are as follows:

Roads to be closed in the Beyoğlu district from 06:00: Sıraselviler Avenue, Tak-ı Zafer Avenue, Sadri Alışık Street–Atıf Yılmaz Avenue, Balo Street–Turnacı Başı Avenue–Zambak Street–Meşelik Street, Yeni Çarşı Avenue–Kumbaracı Hill, Asmalı Mescid Avenue–Meşrutiyet Avenue–Hamal Başı Avenue–Kamer Hatun Avenue, İlk Belediye Avenue–Ensiz Street, İnönü Avenue–Mete Avenue.

The designated alternative routes are as follows: Refik Saydam Avenue, Tarlabaşı Boulevard, Meclis-i Mebusan Avenue, Tersane Avenue, Mebusan Hill, Boğaz Kesen Avenue, Defterdar Hill.

The roads to be closed on the Anatolian Side from 06:00 are as follows: Turgut Özal Boulevard (Maltepe – Kartal Coastal Road), (the section between the front of the Küçükyalı Maltepe Marriage Office and the Kartal Çanakkale Avenue Junction) and all streets leading onto this avenue.

The D-100 highway and Maltepe Bağdat Avenue were recommended as alternative routes.