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Ali Erbas decries attacks on mosques in West, saying houses of worship should be protected regardless of their affiliation

Ankara calls student protesters 'LGBT perverts' amid artwork controversy dw.com 2/4/2021 Burcu Karakas, Daniel Bellut Clashes between students from Bogazici University and Turkish police show no sign of abating. Many students have been arrested, while the interior minister has lashed out with homophobic hate speech over an artwork. © Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images Students at Bogazici University in Istanbul have been protesting for weeks about a controversial appointment Turkish police have responded to protests by students at Istanbul's Bogazici University with an iron fist...

Ankara calls student protesters 'LGBT perverts' amid artwork controversy Clashes between students from Bogazici University and Turkish police show no sign of abating. Many students have been arrested, while the interior minister has lashed out with homophobic hate speech over an artwork.  Students at Bogazici University in Istanbul have been protesting for weeks about a controversial appointment Turkish police have responded to protests by students at Istanbul's Bogazici University with an iron fist. On Monday alone, they arrested 159 students — 61 of them remain in custody, according to...

LGBTQ Art Arrests Inflame Turkey Student Protests On 2/1/21 at 11:06 AM EST Turkish authorities arrested four people over LGBTQ-themed artwork displayed at the country's most prestigious university, fuelling on-campus protests over academic freedom and human rights. Unrest at Istanbul's Bogazici University began last month with the appointment of a new university rector. Academic Melih Bulu, who assumed the role, has ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, which protesting students and faculty believed would stifle academic freedom at the top school. On-campus ...

A Turkish imam will be deported after making homophobic comments on social media. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato) Belgian immigration authorities will deport a Turkish imam for saying on social media that being gay is an “illness” that causes “decay”. The imam led worship at the Green Mosque in Houthalen-Helchteren, Linburg, according to BBC Türkçe. When asked by the outlet to name the imam, mosque representatives simply said: “I don’t know, I have forgotten.” He is to be deported after claiming on Facebook that “homosexuality is a disease, causes decay and is banne...