Riot season begins

May Day. Last year, lots of cruise ships, lots of riot police, no drama. This year, no cruise ships and barricades manned by uniformed police while riot brigades sat in three buses round the corner. But this was the quiet part of town, Besiktas, the next neighbourhood along, looked like a war zone.

This horse sits outside a house in the neighbourhood - no tail and recently decapitated (his head is now in the window) - the sign says 'please don't remove'.