A view of the Turkish flag on a cloudy picnic that the Turkey Pride Week Committee wanted to hold in Heybeliada, Istanbul as part of the pride week was banned by the Istanbul Governor's Office. The police intervened harshly in the picnic that was planned to be held in Maçka Park by the decision of the committee. Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic wrote a letter to the Republic of Turkey Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu and Minister of Justice Abdülhamit Gül on June 17. "Stop stigmatizing homosexuals," Mijatovic said in the letter, the content of which
A view of the Turkish flag on a cloudy picnic that the Turkey Pride Week Committee wanted to hold in Heybeliada, Istanbul as part of the pride week was banned by the Istanbul Governor's Office. The police intervened harshly in the picnic that was planned to be held in Maçka Park by the decision of the committee. Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic wrote a letter to the Republic of Turkey Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu and Minister of Justice Abdülhamit Gül on June 17. "Stop stigmatizing homosexuals," Mijatovic said in the letter, the content of which was revealed on June 25. In addition, it was stated in the letter that Turkey is obliged to protect the right to assembly and demonstration of LGBTI+ as written in the European Convention on Human Rights.
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