Turkey reportedly arrested some 160 people and blocked 180 social media accounts in a sweeping crackdown on LGBT rights ...

The government has called the campaign an effort to protect families. Rights organizations have accused the authorities of ...

Police targeted gay bars and LGBTQ and HIV organizations across 15 provinces in a crackdown justified as protecting "family ...

Turkish police released more than 100 protesters who had been detained a day earlier for demonstrating against a major ...

Turkey’s LGBTQ community has faced increasing pressure since the government declared 2026 the beginning of its “Decade of the ...

Turkish authorities on Sunday launched raids on gay bars, nightclubs, LGBTQ association offices and activists' homes in a ...

"It is state-led discrimination, politics of fear and the ​dismantling of civil society," the Turkish Human ⁠Rights ...

ISTANBUL, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities arrested at least ⁠31 ⁠people pending trial on Tuesday ⁠as part of a government campaign targeting LGBTQ+ groups, while ​police detained at least 126 ...

ISTANBUL — Turkish police on Sunday swooped on gay bars and the homes of LGBTQ activists, arresting at least 60 people in ...

The raids targeted current and former members of multiple prominent LGBTQ+ rights and HIV awareness groups. The organizations ...

Turkish police fired tear gas at pro-LGBTQ demonstrators in the western city of Izmir on Monday, as activists protested a nationwide crackdown that saw dozens arrested over the weekend in a ...

Turkish police yesterday detained dozens protesting against a nationwide LGBTQ crackdown, sparking outrage from the ...