2023-06-25 19:58:11
According to the organizers, at least 93 people were arrested in the course of this year’s Pride parade in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul.
The police had already before the start of the demonstration on Sunday large parts of the center cordoned off to prevent the gathering. The participants then switched to another part of the city.
They waved a meter-long rainbow flag from a building and issued a press statement. Several hundred people attended the event.
There were also arrests in Izmir
In the western Turkish city of Izmir, too, the police took action against participants in the local Pride parade and According to the organizers, at least 48 people were arrested.
In Turkey, government officials and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have repeatedly spoken out openly hostile to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people. For years attempts have been made to prevent the annual demonstration.
The governor of the province of Istanbul, Davut Gül, had already announced in advance that he would not allow events that “threaten the family”.
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Several events related to the so-called Pride month to make LGBTQ people visible were banned, including a picnic and a film screening. (dpa)
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