Turkish police waded into a crowd of LGBTQ+ activists at a Pride march in Ankara.
Police in Turkey broke up an LGBTQ+ Pride march using pepper spray and teargas against crowds in a sweeping display of discrimination.
They were part of a group of 50 holding rainbow flags and marching towards a main park to mark the end of Pride Month. A small group of Islamists, who regard the LGBTQ+ community as a threat, held a counter-demonstration near the park.Turkish plain clothes policemen scuffle with protesters Homosexuality is legal in Turkey but official opposition to has grown in recent years
Last year, president Erdoğan praised the youth wing of his AK Party for carrying the ‘glorious history of this nation’ and not being ‘LGBTQ+ youth’.
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