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42 protestors briefly detained after police break up Pride march in Ankara
Turkish police on Tuesday broke up an LGBTQ+ Pride march in Ankara and briefly detained 42 people, according to a platform representing the activists.Authorities...
Police release nearly 400 detained at İstanbul Pride march
Turkish police have released all of the nearly 400 activists detained during a banned Pride march in İstanbul, Agence France-Presse reported, citing organizers on...
Police crack down on İstanbul Pride march, detain over 300
Turkish police on Sunday broke up a banned Pride march in İstanbul, detaining more than 300 demonstrators, Agence France-Presse reported, citing organizers.The governor's office...
38 students detained as police use excessive force at ODTÜ pride march
Turkish police used excessive force to disperse an annual pride march held at Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara on Friday, despite a...
Rector’s office bans pride march at ODTÜ
The rector’s office at the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara has banned an annual pride march that was to be held on...
Turkish court rules suspension of student’s loan for attending Pride March illegal
The Ankara 23rd Administrative Court has ruled that the suspension of a state-provided student loan due to a student’s attendance at a Pride March...
Amnesty condemns ban on Pride march in İstanbul, use of excessive force
Amnesty International has in a statement condemned a ban imposed by Turkish authorities on a Pride march in central İstanbul over the weekend as...
AFP photographer freed after arrest at İstanbul Pride march
An AFP photographer was detained for several hours by Turkish security forces on Saturday while covering a Pride march in İstanbul that had been...
[VIDEO] AI: Blocking of İstanbul LGBTI march latest blow to right to freedom of expression in Turkey
Amnesty International (AI) said on Monday that a ban by the İstanbul Governor's Office on the İstanbul Pride Parade, which was planned to be...
Council of Europe’s Muiznieks condemns arrest of academic and journalists in Turkey
Nils Muiznieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, wrote on Twitter that he has been “appalled by detention of human rights defenders in...