Turkey detains dozens in nationwide crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists

Turkish police conducted simultaneous raids on LGBTQ+ and HIV-advocacy groups in Istanbul, Ankara, and İzmir, detaining over 150 people, including journalists, under obscenity laws. The government justifies the action as protecting families, while critics see it as escalating repression of civil society. This marks a significant expansion of state pressure on LGBTQ+ rights in Turkey.