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Turkish police prevented a gay, bad and transgender rally in Istanbul with large crowds. Water cannons and tear gas were used.
The Gay Pride Parade in Istanbul was banned for the fourth time. Gay, bad and transbaduals, who nevertheless gathered hundreds in the city center, were chased by water cannons
. Nevertheless, many activists gathered in the streets of the central Istiklal shopping street. They chanted: "shoulder to shoulder!" and "We do not obey, we are not silent, we are not afraid!"
Eyewitnesses reported that police used tear gas and plastic bullets from time to time. The organizers announced that there had been arrests. Activists accused the governor of Istanbul of discrimination. He had given security reasons as a reason for the ban.
Fighting the "Unipersonal Regime"
The Governor again committed a crime by discriminating a particular section of society, the organizers said, Define security problems as a reason for banning them as "funny" . The activists wanted to remind the whole society with the gay and bad parade that without them the fight against the "one man regime" in Turkey could not be successful.
The Gay Pride parade was in the past had been peaceful and a space where homobaduals, bads and transbaduals could feel safe. Activists resisted that they wanted to keep them within limits and "force in the ghettos". "We remind the whole society that without us the fight against the unipersonal regime will not succeed."
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected a week ago. Turkey switched to a presidential system that gave Erdogan even more power
With information from Michael Lehmann, ARD-Istanbul Studio
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