Gay Pride Istanbul
The Gay Pride Istanbul ( Turkish Onur Yürüyüşü ) is, according to the literal translation, a march of pride and a demonstration for lesbians , gays , bisexuals and transsexuals , which is held every year in the largest city in Turkey - Istanbul . It is the largest gay parade in Southeast Europe . When it began, Gay Pride Istanbul was the only gay demonstration in a country with a majority Muslim population.
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The event first took place in 2003 and is now held each year on the last Sunday in June or the first Sunday in July to mark the end of Istanbul Pride week. Well over 30 people took part in Istanbul's first gay parade. The participants first gather in Taksim Square and then march along the boulevard-like İstiklal Caddesi .
The number of participants increased sharply every year, so that in 2010 over 5,000 people took part. The number doubled to 10,000 people in 2011, making Gay Pride Istanbul the largest of its kind in Eastern Europe. The 2012 Gay Parade March, held on July 1, drew up to 30,000 people.
On June 30, 2013, the gay parade drew nearly 100,000 people. The protesters were accompanied by demonstrators from Gezi Park , making Gay Pride Istanbul 2013 the largest gay parade ever held in Turkey and Eastern Europe.
In June 2015 the move was attacked by the police. Many of the participants were injured.
In June 2016, the Istanbul Province Governor's office refused to approve the parade after youth groups from the far-right Big Unity Party (BBP) threatened "do whatever it takes" to stop the parade. The representative of BBP Istanbul, Kursat Mican, said: “Dear officials, do not make us have to take care of them. Either you do what needs to be done or we will do it. We are ready to take any risk. We will keep the parade from taking place. ”It will not be allowed that“ degenerate ”could spread their fantasies in the city.
In 2017, the Gay Pride Parade was prevented by the Istanbul police using rubber bullets and water cannons. This year it coincided with the festival of breaking the fast at the end of Ramadan . Turkish nationalists and right-wing extremists raised the mood against the event in social networks. The provincial governor had banned the event the day before it was scheduled to take place for security reasons. According to the authorities, Gay Pride Istanbul endangers the safety of citizens and tourists as well as public order. The emergency services cordoned off the area around İstiklal Caddesi . Some activists managed to rally and chanted slogans, after which several of them were arrested. Organizers said more than 20 people had been arrested and police used rubber bullets to disperse the gathering.
Authorities and organizers
The Istanbul March of Pride is rejected by the Turkish government and the Istanbul regional government. Istanbul city administration has officially banned the event every year for various reasons since 2015. Organizations that have come together to organize the annual event are:
- Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi “Gri (Gender roles and identities)” Kulübü
- Bilkent University Think colorful! LGBTQ student's society
- Bilgi Gökkuşağı LGBT student's Society
- Hebûn LGBT Diyarbakır Organization
- İLLET İstanbul anti-authoritarian pleasure and resistance network of feminist women, trans, queer. İstanbul LGBT Solidarity Association.
- İstanbul LGBTT Solidarity Organization
- İTÜ Cins Arı LGBT Öğrenci Topluluğu
- İÜ Radar LGBT Öğrenci Topluluğu
- Kadın Kapısı (Women's door)
- Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Association
- LİSTAG - Istanbul group of Families of LGBT
- luBUnya Boğaziçi Üniversitesi LGBT Society
- MorEl Eskişehir LGBTT Organization
- ODTÜ LGBT Dayanışması
- Pembe Hayat LGBTT Solidarity Association
- Sabancı Üniversitesi Gender Club
- Siyah Pembe Üçgen İzmir LGBTT Association
- Voltrans Trans Erkek Initiative
- SPoD Social Policies, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association
Other institutions and organizations that contribute to the LGBT parade include:
- Amnesty International
- Anadolu cooling door
- Open Society Foundation
- Rat bar
Political influence
Politicians who took part in Gay Pride Istanbul came mainly from the opposition parties Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi ( BDP ) and Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi ( CHP ):
Members of the European Parliament also took part in the march. You call on the Turkish authorities to guarantee basic human rights and civil liberties for all LGBT people.
- Volker Beck (Member of the Bundestag, Alliance 90 / The Greens)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Çicek Tahaoğlu: 19th LGBTT Onur Haftası, Onur Yürüyüşü ile Sona Erdi. (No longer available online.) KAOS GL, July 27, 2011, archived from the original on July 1, 2011 ; Retrieved July 27, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b c Turkey: Police arrest gay Pride activists and reporters in Istanbul. In: Die Zeit online. June 25, 2017. Retrieved June 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Stonewall'dan Bugüne. (No longer available online.) KAOS GL, July 24, 2011, archived from the original on July 1, 2011 ; Retrieved July 29, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Homosexuals demand rights at Istanbul's Gay Pride March. Hürriyet Daily News , July 27, 2011, accessed July 29, 2011 .
- ↑ İstiklal Caddesi 10 am renk! - Genel. ntvmsnbc.com, January 1, 1970, accessed September 26, 2012 .
- ↑ EUROPRIDE BID FOR 2015, ISTANBUL. Facebook, July 4, 2012, accessed September 26, 2012 .
- ↑ Gay Pride İstanbul - July 1 , 2012 on YouTube , accessed on September 26, 2012
- ↑ 8:59 PM: Istanbul Gay Pride Parade 2012. SkyscraperCity, July 5, 2012, accessed September 26, 2012 .
- ↑ Gay Pride in Istanbul groot succes. In: telegraaf.nl. Retrieved June 17, 2016 (Dutch).
- ↑ Istanbul Taksim'deki Onur Yürüyüşü'ne BBC yorumu: "Bugüne kadar ..." milliyet.com.tr of July 1, 2013.
- ↑ Istanbul Police Clear Gay Pride March With Water Cannons, Rubber Bullets , June 28, 2015.
- ↑ Susanne Klenke, Laura Stonies: Pride Week - LGBT Onur Haftasi: Mapping Global City Istanbul In: Queerstanbul - Aspects of love, gender and sexuality inside daily life of LGBTIQ *; kaee.uni-goettingen.de
- ↑ Gay parade in Istanbul canceled . Spiegel Online, June 17, 2016.
- ↑ Pride Istanbul English ( Memento of the original from November 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ ALDE MEPs participate in gay prides in Zagreb and Istanbul :: VVD Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert. (No longer available online.) Jeaninehennisplasschaert.vvd.nl, June 25, 2008, archived from the original on April 25, 2012 ; Retrieved September 26, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
