Turkey arrests LGBTQ, raids organizations

Scholar power: 29.3%

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Political science 37%, Law 27%, Sociology 27%, Communication & Media Studies 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Matthew Waites	23%	18	29.3%

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65.0%

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29.3%

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0.398

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Matthew Waites (he or they)

@matthewwaites.bsky.social

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

Der Spiegel

Turkey: No one can feel safe anymore - Op-Ed

A new wave of persecution shakes the LGBTQ+ community in Turkey. The government claims to want to protect families. It is a pretext for the Islamist-authoritarian restructuring of society.

Reposts 0 6h

Reposted by Nandita Sharma, Mary McAuliffe

14%

Scholar power: 14.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 37%, Law 27%, Sociology 27%, Communication & Media Studies 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Nandita Sharma	23%	19	10.0%
🎓 Mary McAuliffe	20%	5	4.5%
Total			14.5%

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79.0%

13.3 h

420

14.5%

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0.381

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Dan Sohege

@danielsohege.bsky.social

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...

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’

www.theguardian.com

September 19, 2026 at 6:55 AM

Le Monde

Turkey: why is the LGBTQIA+ community targeted by the authorities? Understand in three minutes

Several hundred people belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community have been arrested by the Turkish police since September 13.

Reposts 1 16h

The Washington Post

Turkey’s LGBT crackdown draws international condemnation, protests

Turkish authorities have raided the offices of LGBT organizations and places frequented by the community.

Reposts 0 21h

Reposted by Richard Ashby Wilson

16%

Scholar power: 16.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 37%, Law 27%, Sociology 27%, Communication & Media Studies 9%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Richard Ashby Wilson	29%	31	16.1%

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73.0%

26.4 h

20

16.1%

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0.063

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Human Rights Watch

@hrw.org

The Turkish government’s major crackdown on groups and activists defending LGBT rights threatens the rule of law and fundamental rights in Türkiye.

Following coordinated police raids, police arrested at least 112 people, with 82 still detained under court order.