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# Thousands march in anti-LGBTQ+ demonstration in Istanbul
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/thousands-march-in-anti-lgbtq-demonstration-in-istanbul/
- Published: 2022-09-20T14:00:31.000Z
- Updated: 2022-09-20T11:38:11.000Z
- Description: Several thousand people have taken part in an anti-LGBTQ+ demonstration in Istanbul, calling for LGBTQ+ associations to be closed down and displaying signs that read: “protect your family and your generation”, “Say no to society without gender”, and “Father + mother + baby = family”.
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: News, Amnesty, ILGA-Europe, Istanbul, LGBT, LGBTQ, protest, Turkey

Several thousand people have taken part in an anti-LGBTQ+ demonstration in Istanbul, calling for LGBTQ+ associations to be closed down and displaying signs that read: “protect your family and your generation”, “Say no to society without gender”, and “Father + mother + baby = family”.

**Kursat Mican**, a speaker for the event, claimed organisers received 150,000 signatures on a petition calling for a ban on what they called LGBTQ+ “propaganda” in social media, sports, arts and Netflix.

An advert for the anti-LGBTQ+ march was also shown on television after gaining the approval of the country’s broadcasting council, which deemed it as “public interest”.

The country’s largest anti-LGBTQ+ demonstration was criticised by human rights organisations.

**ILGA Europe**, an organisation fighting for LGBTQ+ equality in Europe and Central Asia, tweeted: “The Turkish state needs to uphold its constitutional obligation to protect all its citizens against hate and violence”.

Meanwhile, **Amnesty International’s** Turkish office said public service announcements advertising the march violated Turkey’s non-discrimination principles.

LGBTQ+ parades and events have been banned in Turkey for years reflecting the increasingly hard-line Islamist policies of President **Recep** **Tayyip Erdogan**.