ISTANBUL: Turkish activists on Sunday (Jun 25) defied a ban to stage an annual gay pride march in Istanbul one month after Türkiye's election followed a homophobic hate-filled campaign. A few hundred demonstrators waving rainbow flags held rallies including in Istanbul's upscale Nisantasi neighbourhood af
ISTANBUL: Turkish activists on Sunday defied a ban to stage an annual gay pride march in Istanbul one month after Türkiye's election followed a homophobic hate-filled campaign.
Türkiye's LGBTQ community fears more pressure after conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the May vote to extend his rule until 2028. Erol Onderoglu of Reporters Without Borders, criticised the police blockade of journalists at almost every social event around the square.Erdogan accused Türkiye's main opposition party CHP and its allies of being pro-LGBTQ before and after the elections, promising his supporters that the LGBTQ community will never enter his Islamic-rooted party.
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