Turkish police on Sunday forcibly intervened in a Pride march in Istanbul, detaining more than 150 demonstrators and an AFP photographer, AFP journalists on the ground and an NGO reported.
Turkish police on Sunday broke up a banned Pride march in Istanbul, detaining more than 200 demonstrators, organizers said. The governor's office had forbidden the march around Taksim Square in the heart of Istanbul, but protesters gathered nearby under heavy police presence earlier than scheduled. Police detained protesters, loading them…
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