Turkey arrests LGBTQ, raids organizations
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Turkish authorities arrested hundreds of LGBTQ+ people and raided LGBT organizations' offices and community venues across Turkey since Sept. 13, saying the measures aimed to "protect families."
Open letter against repression of LGBTI+ people in Turkey, over 1250 signatories including myself. Solidarity with Turkish LGBTI+. I hope the chapter ‘The Ottoman Empire and is Legacies’, in our book Colonialisms and Queer Politics, provides a resource to teach on this. velvele.net/2026/09/17/j...
Judith Butler, Noura Erakat, Slavoj Žižek and others join more than 1,250 academics in joint letter against repression of LGBTI+ people in Turkey
A joint call from more than 1,250 academics, including Judith Butler, Noura Erakat, Slavoj Žižek, Susan Stryker, Jasbir Puar, Elizabeth Anderson, Etienne Balibar and Peter Hallward.
velvele.net
September 19, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Open letter against repression of LGBTI+ people in Turkey, over 1250 signatories including myself. Solidarity with Turkish LGBTI+. I hope the chapter ‘The Ottoman Empire and is Legacies’, in our book Colonialisms and Queer Politics, provides a resource to teach on this. velvele.net/2026/09/17/j...
Reposted by Nandita Sharma, Mary McAuliffe
There has been a noticeable lack of serious reaction over Turkish persecution of LGBTQIA+ community from the global community. As in many other countries, Türkiye tries to mask persecution by claiming being LGBTQIA+ isn't illegal and then using "obscenity laws".
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Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists
Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’
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September 19, 2026 at 6:55 AM
There has been a noticeable lack of serious reaction over Turkish persecution of LGBTQIA+ community from the global community. As in many other countries, Türkiye tries to mask persecution by claiming being LGBTQIA+ isn't illegal and then using "obscenity laws".
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...