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At the UN LGBTI Core Group's General Assembly event, Volker Türk said persecution is escalating 'at an alarming rate.' The Netherlands and UK pledged new money to fill the hole left by US aid cuts. Washington sent no official representative.
Turkish police have detained more than 250 people since September 13 in raids on LGBTQ+ organizations, clubs, and homes under an operation the government calls 'My Family Is Safe.' Here's what's happening and why it matters.
A coordinated day of action brought protesters to Turkish embassies from London to Belgrade to Washington. Human Rights Watch called the crackdown an attack on the rule of law. Brussels, so far, has managed a spokesperson's statement.
Three days after nationwide raids, a Turkish court began sending people to pre-trial detention. Outside the Çağlayan courthouse in Istanbul, police moved on the crowd that had gathered to wait for them.
Police moved simultaneously at around 1am on Sunday in Istanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Aydın and Mersin. The justice minister says 162 people are under investigation in an operation the state has named 'My Family Is Safe.'
For the eleventh year running, authorities banned Istanbul Pride and locked down Taksim. Marchers turned out regardless. At least 50 people were detained on June 29, among them a journalist with a valid press card and six lawyers.
The 2026 Rainbow Map calls Turkey the country where conditions for LGBTI people deteriorated most visibly in the past year — dissolved organisations, blocked healthcare, and prosecutions targeting activists by name.
The board members of Genç LGBTİ+, a youth rights organization in İzmir, face up to three years in prison for posting illustrations during online Pride events. The first hearing was held on April 8.
