Il regime di Erdogan è severo riguardo alle repressioni sulla comunità LGBTQ+. Tuttavia, non potevano ostacolare l’orgoglio di Ankara
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di turkish__cowboy
Il regime di Erdogan è severo riguardo alle repressioni sulla comunità LGBTQ+. Tuttavia, non potevano ostacolare l’orgoglio di Ankara
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News source: [English](https://kaosgl.org/en/single-news/ankara-pride-march-was-held-we-are-writing-history-not-with-your-bans-but-with-our-pride), [Turkish](https://bianet.org/haber/ankara-onur-yuruyusu-yasaklarinizla-degil-onurumuzla-yaziyoruz-tarihi-308690)
Istanbul Pride was the largest in all Muslim-majority countries, with over 100,000 participants. Izmir hit the second with 50,000, but renowned as the most liberal city in Turkey, it had higher participation per capita. While certain numbers are unknown, Ankara also had a broad LGBTQ+ community and held pride parades since at least 2010. Following bans by the Erdogan regime, the community embraced a variety of ‘tactics’ – including misleading the regime forces through setting fake event date and locations.
Yesterday, 40 were arrested in the Istanbul Trans Pride – they luckily have all been released. Remarkable to emphasize that Meta issued bans on LGBTQ+ community accounts during Pride Month, in an attempt to silence their endeavour to spread the word.
Considering the bans and threat of imprisonment, there has been a large downfall in participation – pride parades attract 500 to 2,000 people at most. On the other side, the Turks are becoming more and more friendly to LGBTQ+ rights. Despite being a country in the Middle East, locked in a cage of norms, and where women were beaten in accordance with sharia, just 100 years ago, and literacy rates were at 3%, and not having enjoyed the Renaissance, the support for same-sex marriage in Turkey is around 35%, on par with the Eastern European counterparts. It happens in a place that was once an Islamic Republic of Iran.
Live and let live.
>On the other side, the Turks are becoming more and more friendly to LGBTQ+ rights
Good! I hope many non-LGBTQI+ people joined in to show support, they probably need it even more in these times.
Good for them! 🏳️🌈
For how many millennia will leaders try to fight this battle without learning we will always exist
This is a powerful reminder that queer resistance is alive and resilient, even under pressure. The fact that people still show up, organize, and find creative ways to resist despite bans, arrests, and platform censorship is nothing short of inspiring. We *are* still here. We *will* stay here. Pride was never meant to be easy; it was born from protest, and it keeps evolving.
The community in Turkey shows everyone once again that queerness finds a way with courage, wit, and deep solidarity. No regime, no algorithm, no fear will erase us. Pride in bigger cities like Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir can’t be stopped that easily.
It’s sad how much we’ve rolled back as a country.
2014 Istanbul Pride was 100k strong, and many cities across the nation saw huge pride marches. Now a couple of hundred in a number of cities can barely convene, which are dispersed quickly.
We will win back our nation. We will.
Unfortunately, we can no longer reach the old numbers and the joy is gone replaced with anger instead. It hurts me when I remember the Istanbul pride marches of my high school days.