Interior Ministry investigates district municipality over 'LGBTI+ solidarity center'

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After reports that the Nilüfer District Municipality in Bursa, northwestern Türkiye, opened a "LGBTI+ solidarity center, the Interior Ministry has launched a preliminary investigation.

The ministry did not give details about the investigation.

The municipality's Social Equality Center has been offering services to LGBTI+s for years.

The ministry's statement came after reports about the center on pro-government media outlets.

Senior government officials in Türkiye have increasingly been vocal against LGBTI+ rights over the past years. The government says it's preparing a constitutional amendment to "protect the family," which is widely anticipated as an attempt to add anti-LGBTI+ provisions to the Constitution.

Türkiye has been the second-worst country in ILGA Europe's Rainbow Index for the last four years.
(RT/VK)