Violent intervention by police who arrested protesters, loading them on buses
Turkish police violently intervened Pride in Istanbularresting dozens of protesters and a French Agency photographer, the AFP news agency reported.
The governor’s office had blocked the march around Taksim Square in the heart of Istanbul, but protesters gathered near under heavy police presence earlier than planned.
Salstanbul LGBTÄ° + Onur Yürüyüşü’ne police sold. The AFP Bureau of Photography’s boss Bülent Kılıç was tortured by the police, who managed to force him to leave the area, while he was on his way to the police station.# Pride2022 pic.twitter.com/whP80WapHP
– Zeynep Kuray (@zeynokuray) June 26, 2022
Police arrested protesters, loading them on buses. Agence France-Presse reporters saw two buses carrying a handcuffed pole and the French Agency chief photographer Bulent Kilic, who remains in custody.
Hundreds of demonstrators holding rainbow flags rallied to “disobey”.
Onur Yürüyüşü’nün yapıldığı Hollanda LigTÄ° + lar polis ablukası altdandda allanda ran s okklarlarin Cihangir’in ara alkanı.# Pride2022 pic.twitter.com/qusdPu8kgD
– Zeynep Kuray (@zeynokuray) June 26, 2022
🌈 S🌈raselviler civında öğlen itibarıyla baslayan abluka ve gözaltılara rağmen lubunyalar toplandıkları erde basın açıklaması okuyor.
In Kabataş, a group of people who belong to the nation 30. @istanbulpride okudnı budn açıklamasını okudu. pic.twitter.com/a3NDlB8Zlg
– KarşıMahalle (@KarsiMahalleOrg) June 26, 2022
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