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Istanbul prosecutors have asked a court to dissolve SPoD and jail four people linked to it for up to three years. It's the third LGBTI+ association targeted for closure in under two months. Here's what the indictment says and what happens next.
Late October raids across seven Turkish cities detained 45 people, most of them trans women, over their social media posts. Then came İzmir. Here's what happened, what detainees describe inside the cells, and what rights groups are demanding.
A month after the raids began, a group of independent UN human rights experts says Türkiye is using obscenity, morality and prostitution charges, frozen-out donors and blocked accounts to shut down LGBTI rights work. Here's what they found and what they're asking for.
An Istanbul court ordered T24's website and social media accounts shut, citing 118 pieces of content from the past year. It's the 'My Family Is Safe' crackdown's biggest media target yet, and journalists say the message is clear: covering LGBTQ+ lives is now treated as a crime.
