Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists

Police detain a protester in Ankara. Rights groups say at least 150 demonstrators were held in Istanbul and dozens in Ankara in the ‘widest crackdown’ in years. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Police detain a protester in Ankara. Rights groups say at least 150 demonstrators were held in Istanbul and dozens in Ankara in the ‘widest crackdown’ in years. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Rights and freedom Global development Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’