by TurkeyPurge | Jun 26, 2021 | Today in Crackdown
A video footage shows the moment AFP photojournalist Bülent Kılıç tells police “I can’t breathe” while being pressed down on his neck by an officer in Beyoğlu during Istanbul’s Pride march. Kılıç was reportedly trying to cover the LGBTI pride parade scheduled to take...
by TurkeyPurge | May 14, 2019 | Int'l Reactions
A ranking by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) has put Turkey in the second lowest place in Europe in terms of LGBTI rights, the Diken news website reported on Tuesday. With a percentage score of 5.16, Turkey was ranked...
by TurkeyPurge | Feb 6, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
Kıvılcım Arat, a Turkish LGBT activist, is entering the third day of a hunger strike to expose human rights violations committed against Diren Coşkun, a transgender woman who has been held in pre-trial detention in Tekirdağ prison. According to the T24 news portal,...