President Gul, premier call for common sense

President Abdullah Gul yesterday said that everybody should have common sense during the May 1 celebrations and that everyone should obey the laws. He said, "This is a festivity of laborers and workers. We should celebrate it in peace and silence. But some events occurred in the past and everybody is concerned because of this. Everyone should act with common sense." Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan also called on labor unions not to be deceived by illegal organizations' provocations and said, "May 1 should be celebrated as a day of labor and solidarity in peace." In related news, speaking on behalf of the government, Labor and Social Security Minister Faruk Celik said that only a small group of unions' leaders and representatives would be allowed to enter Istanbul's Taksim square on May 1 to make press statement and to lay a wreath to the Taksim memorial.