Turkey police detain dozens at LGBTQ+ Pride event in Istanbul

According to France 24, Turkish police detained at least fifty people, including a journalist, at an LGBTQ+ Pride event in Istanbul on Sunday that local authorities had banned. The action fits a pattern: while homosexuality is legal in Turkey, Pride marches have been almost systematically banned and suppressed since twenty fifteen. Despite the restrictions, organizers proceeded.

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