More Than 50 Arrested Ahead Of Banned Istanbul Pride Parade
Ankara: The Bar Association of the City said the police arrested more than 50 people on Sunday, Istanbul before a banned LGBTQ+ pride march.
Istanbul Bar’s Human Rights Center X published in X before today’s Istanbul Pride March, including members of our Human Rights Center, including more than 50 people, with more than 50 people, arbitrary, unfair and illegal detention was deprived of freedom. ”
In the early hours of Sunday, the police arrested protesters near the Ortakoy Region and observed AFP journalists at the scene.
The Istanbul pride, which was once a lively relationship with thousands of hikers, has been banned by the ruling conservative government of Türkiye since 2015 every year.
Istanbul Governor Davut Gul, X on Saturday X “social peace, family structure and moral values undermining these calls forbidden”.
“No meeting or walk that threatens the public order will not tolerate.”
Taksim Square, one of the main venues of the city for protests, celebrations and rallies, has been blocked by the police from the beginning of Sunday.
According to a video published by Queer feminist academics in X, a protester shouted “We didn’t give up, we came, we believed we were here.”
Homosexuality has not been punished in Türkiye, but homophobia is common. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s LGBTQ+ is regularly reaching the highest government levels that define people as a threat to “perverts” and a threat to the traditional family.
The prohibition of Istanbul Pride follows Hungary’s conservative leader, Viktor Orban, the country’s country does not prevent the continuation of the main parade.
The estimated 200,000 people walked at a record, Budapest pride parade and challenged the ban on the Orban government.
