Turkey detains 26 people after raids targeting LGBTQ+ groups
Police detained dozens and searched 9 associations and 13 businesses in a campaign officials said was aimed at protecting family values.
- Turkish security forces detained 26 individuals and raided six LGBTQ+ organization offices across 12 provinces following allegations of prostitution and obscenity.
- The nationwide operations, code-named "My Family is Safe," were conducted under President Tayyip Erdogan's "Decade of Family and Population" policy initiative targeting falling birth rates.
- Justice Minister Akin Gurlek confirmed related judicial proceedings against 162 suspects, nine civil society associations, and 13 businesses across 15 provinces.
- Turkish courts simultaneously ordered digital blocks on dozens of websites and social media accounts belonging to major human rights platforms, including Kaos GL and Lambdaistanbul.
- Human rights organizations strongly condemned the raids, characterizing the police action as state-led discrimination and a systemic effort to dismantle Turkish civil society.
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Türkiye: Authorities must end escalating crackdown on LGBTI rights groups and immediately release detained activists
Turkish authorities must end the escalating crackdown on LGBTI rights groups, immediately release detained activists, and stop the targeting and stigmatization of LGBTI people and their advocates, Amnesty International said as a nationwide crackdown enters its fourth day. Since Sunday, police have arrested more than 60 people across 15 provinces following raids on LGBTI rights organizations. […]
The raids have ended with around sixty arrests and the closure of accounts on social networks, associations and companies.
Many activists for LGBTQ rights were arrested in Turkey this weekend. NGOs and civil society condemn the raids - it is the biggest action so far against the community. By B. Weber.
The Turkish police conducted a large-scale operation in a series of cities last weekend, targeting LGBTI activists, left-wing media and...
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