Arrests in Istanbul as LGBTQ marchers try to defy Pride ban

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Arrests in Istanbul as LGBTQ marchers try to defy Pride ban
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Dozens of people were detained in central Istanbul after city authorities banned an LGBTQ Pride march, organizers said. Turkey’s largest city has banned the march since 2015, but large crowds still gather every year to mark the end of Pride Month.

People march during the LGBTQ Pride March in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 26, 2022. Dozens of people were detained in central Istanbul Sunday after city authorities banned a LGBTQ Pride March, organisers said.

Turkey’s largest city has banned the march since 2015, but large crowds nonetheless gather every year to mark the end of Pride Month. Organizers called the ban unlawful. Kaos GL, a prominent LGBTQ group, said shortly before the march’s 5 p.m. start that police detained 52 people had been detained. The Pride Week Committee later said more than 100 had been arrested.Images on social media showed people being frisked and loaded onto buses, including at least one news photographer. Journalists’ union DISK Basin-Is said “many” were beaten by police.

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