Tag: Turkey
Kaos GL vs Turkey – a positive decision at a timely moment
Protecting fundamental freedoms is always important – but sometimes the timing of such protection can send an even more powerful signal.
Gay Syrian man beheaded and mutilated in Turkey
The headless, mutilated body of a gay Syrian man has been identified by gay housemates in Istanbul who say he had been gang-raped previously.
Istanbul Pride march cancelled, activists and politicians dispersed and arrested
Sunday’s (26 June) Pride March in Istanbul was cancelled after it was banned by Istanbul’s governor. German MEP Terry Reintke, 17 activists and 2 international supporters were briefly arrested and later released. The arrests happened after participants gathered in the streets of Istanbul. Police dispersed the crowd.
HRC and Eleven Organisations Stand in Solidarity with Turkey’s LGBTQ Community
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), along with eleven partner organisations, expressed support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community in Turkey in the wake of recent police violence and a government ban on LGBTQ pride parades in Istanbul
MEPs condemn violence and bans Pride marches Istanbul
On Friday, the Governorship of Istanbul banned the Istanbul Trans Pride March for June 19th and Istanbul LGBTI Pride March, planned to take place on June 26th, quoting security concerns.
Three ISIL suspects arrested over plot to attack LGBT march in Istanbul
Three suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants were arrested in Istanbul late on June 17 after a tip-off that they had planned to attack an LGBT Trans Pride march held on June 19 in the city’s central Taksim Square.