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 | Jul 8, 2018 | Today in Crackdown
The Adana Governor’s Office has banned an LGBTI pride parade scheduled to take place in Adana province over “possible incitement of hatred and hostility among people,” the Diken news portal reported. The 2014 LGBTI pride parade was the last one that was allowed by the...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 25, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Turkish police have thwarted an attempt by LGBT activists to hold a pride march in İstanbul’s famed Taksim square to mark one of the largest organized gay festivals in Turkey. According to Turkish media outlets and several pro-LGBT twitter accounts, police fired...
by TurkeyPurge | Jun 12, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
A group of homophobic people allegedly from a nationalist youth movement called “Köklü Değişim” [Radical Change] on Sunday attacked tens of people attending the Mersin Pride Parade to show their support for sexual and gender diversity. Third time in its history,...
by TurkeyPurge | May 9, 2017 | Today in Crackdown
Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ) rectorate has banned LGBT march, scheduled to be held by a organized by a number of student clubs, due to post-coup emergency rules. A statement by the organizer clubs revealed that the rectorate had stated that “all kinds of...
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