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Students in Turkey Arrested Over Artwork With LGBTQ+ Flags
Above Turkish LGBTQ+ supporters march in Istanbul in 2017.
According to the BBC, four students in Turkey have been arrested over an artwork that depicts LGBTQ+ pride symbols alongside an image of a sacred Islamic site.
Duvar English reports that the collage was part of an exhibition at the Boğaziçi University, where students have been protesting the appointment of Professor Melih Bulu as the school’s rector. Bulu is believed to have links to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s AK Party.
Under  Erdoğan’s AK Party, Turkey has grown increasingly Islamist and intolerant. Although same sex relationships have not been prohibited by Turkish law, the country has become more conservative and hostile to the LGBTQ+ community has grown in recent years. The LGBTQ+ community have been increasingly targeted by hate speech, and crimes committed against them go unpunished. The Istanbul Pride march was banned from ....

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