Turkey raids bars and NGOs in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists
by editors@theworld.org (Emily Withers) from The World: Latest Stories on (#78G2J)
Turkey's prime minister has ordered crackdowns on Istanbul's LGBTQ+ communities, and there have been widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws to protect families.' Long lines of police filed into bars, associations and people's homes - officers gathered evidence from hard drives to rainbow flags. Dozens of activists were arrested. Emily Withers reports from Istanbul.