La campagna omofobica lanciata negli anni scorsi dal presidente Recep Tayyip Erdogan sta aumentando d’intensità. Martedì scorso la polizia turca in assetto antisommossa ha disperso con la forza decine di persone appartenenti alla comunità LGBT radunate nel parco Maçka di Istanbul per celebrare la settimana del Gay Pride con un picnic. Gli attivisti avevano deciso […]
Lettera da Ankara
![Protesters, left, clash with police officers preventing them from marching against the government's decision to withdraw from Istanbul Convention, in Istanbul, Thursday, July 1, 2021. Turkey formally withdrew Thursday from a landmark international treaty protecting women from violence, and signed in its own city of Istanbul, though President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted it won’t be a step backwards for women. Hundreds of women demonstrated in Istanbul later Thursday, holding banners that said they won't give up on the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention. (AP Photo/Kemal Aslan)
Protesters, left, clash with police officers preventing them from marching against the government's decision to withdraw from Istanbul Convention, in Istanbul, Thursday, July 1, 2021. Turkey formally withdrew Thursday from a landmark international treaty protecting women from violence, and signed in its own city of Istanbul, though President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted it won’t be a step backwards for women. Hundreds of women demonstrated in Istanbul later Thursday, holding banners that said they won't give up on the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention. (AP Photo/Kemal Aslan)
Protesters, left, clash with police officers preventing them from marching against the government’s decision to withdraw from Istanbul Convention, in Istanbul, Thursday, July 1, 2021. Turkey formally withdrew Thursday from the landmark international treaty protecting women from violence, and signed in its own city of Istanbul, though President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted it won’t be a step backwards for women. Women, LGBT groups and others have been protesting the decision, saying the convention's pillars of prevention, protection, criminal prosecution and policy coordination, as well as its identification of gender-based violence, are crucial to protecting women in Turkey. (AP Photo/Kemal Aslan)](https://st.ilfattoquotidiano.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/02/turchia-2-1200x630.jpg)
La stretta di Erdogan contro l’opposizione fomenta la violenza di polizia ed estremisti
Le scene di dura repressione contro un gruppo di giovani lgbt radunati per festeggiare il Gay pride si sono ripetute a piazza Taksim (vittima anche un fotografo premio Pulitzer). Dieci giorni fa un sostenitore dei Lupi grigi, braccio armato del partito islamista di destra Mhp, armato del partito è entrato con una pistola in una sede del partito filo curdo a Smirne e ha ucciso sul colpo una studentessa di vent'anni
2 Luglio 2021