Story By: Sibel Abdiu, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Asia Wire Report

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This is the moment all hell breaks loose as row over a parking space turns into a violent street battle between two groups armed with sticks until cops fire shots in the air to stop the violence.

Eyewitnesses with smartphones filmed the violent scenes as more than a dozen men clashed in the historic Fatih district of Turkey’s biggest city of Istanbul.

The footage shows the men hitting each other across the heads and bodies with sticks, while others punched and kicked each other and women screamed in the background.

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Police had to be called to the scene to control the violence and officers had to fire shots into the air to make them stop fighting.

And several ambulances were called to the scene to take people who were injured in the disturbance to hospital.

The brawl reportedly started with an argument over a car which was parked in another family’s space in the Silivrikapi neighbourhood of Fatih.

Members of both families joined in the dispute and were soon shouting and cursing at each other in the street.

A punch was thrown and soon both families were engaged in a mass brawl, grabbing sticks and whatever else they could find to use as weapons.

Police have launched an investigation into the incident but have not yet commented on the outcome of their inquiries. It is not reported whether they have made any arrests.

Fatih, historically called Constantinople, is the historic heart of Istanbul and and hosts the governor’s office, police headquarters, city council and tax offices.

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