Turkish Court Jails 16 in Izmir After Raids on LGBTQ+ Groups
The operation covered 162 suspects, nine associations and 13 businesses as prosecutors investigate alleged prostitution and obscenity offenses.
- On Monday, a Turkish court ordered 16 people remanded in jail in Izmir under the "My Family is Safe" operation, which targeted LGBTQ associations across the western province.
- Justice Minister Akin Gurlek reported Sunday that investigations coordinated across 15 provinces involve 162 suspects, nine associations, and 13 businesses, with 26 detained in Istanbul and 21 in Ankara.
- Prosecutors allege offenses including prostitution and obscenity, claiming the operation protects children; the government states it aims to safeguard family values and children.
- The Turkish Human Rights Association described the operation as "state-led discrimination, politics of fear and the dismantling of civil society," while rights groups accuse the government of targeting the LGBTQ community.
- President Tayyip Erdogan promotes a "Decade of Family and Population" aimed at tackling ageing demographics; Nacho Sanchez Amor of the European Parliament called the arrests "a shocking escalation" of repression.
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Nacho Sanchez Amor, the European Parliament's standing rapporteur on Turkey, called the arrests a "shocking escalation" of the repression against the LGBTQI+ community. The post Turkey: Court orders pre-trial detention of 16 people in Izmir - Raids on LGBTQI+ community venues appeared first on in.gr.
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NettavisenA court has ordered the detention of 16 people pending trial in the western Turkish province of Izmir, as the government has carried out a sweeping crackdown on the country's queer community.
The Turkish authorities arrested 26 people on Sunday and raided the premises of six LGBT+ associations during a series of raids following allegations of prostitution and obscenity. While homosexuality is not criminalized in Turkey, homophobia is widespread up to the top of the state.
In Izmir, 16 of the 18 people detained in an operation codenamed "My Family is Safe" targeting LGBTQ+ individuals and communities were arrested.
Breaking news - 16 of the 18 suspects detained in the 'My Family is Safe' operation in Izmir have been arrested. The 18 suspects, detained in the 'My Family is Safe' operation coordinated by the Izmir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, have completed their procedures at the police station. Of the suspects sent to the courthouse, 16 were arrested...
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