ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An annual gay pride parade in the Turkish city of Istanbul will not go ahead on Sunday, organisers said in a statement on Friday after the governor's office banned the march ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of a Pride flag. The governor of Istanbul has banned this year's Pride parade in Istanbul and has had the city centre ...

Turkish police on Sunday fired tear gas at gay rights groups and activists who defied authorities to march for the Istanbul pride parade, banned for the fifth year in a row. Thousands of people ...

Istanbul Pride showed up and showed out — until the police rolled through. On June 29, Turkish authorities arrested dozens of LGBTQIA+ activists and allies during the 2025 Istanbul Pride March, ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — A group of LGBTQ+ protesters held an impromptu demonstration in Istanbul on Sunday after the governor’s office banned an annual Pride March. A statement by the Istanbul governor’s ...

Turkish police on Sunday prevented an attempt by Gay Pride activists to hold a parade in Istanbul, the country's largest city, in defiance of an official ban by the local authorities. Police fired ...

Police fired rubber bullets at a group of around 40 activists, an AFP journalist reported, a day after the city governor's office banned the march. Police fired rubber bullets at a group of around 40 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ISTANBUL (AP) — A group of LGBTQ+ protesters ...