Amnesty International has condemned the “baseless and arbitrary banning for the sixth consecutive year of İstanbul Pride in clear violation of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression and the use of unnecessary and excessive force.”

Both in the statements they gave and the pictures they drew, the two siblings talked about the abuse they had been subjected to. The release of the mother and the stepfather has caused a public outrage.

The LGBTI+s who came together in Taksim for the 19th İstanbul Pride March were once again attacked by the police.

The houses where trans women live in İstanbul have been sealed off. Legist Kerem Dikmen has noted that it is against the law. The Pride Week Committee has also stressed that it is not a coincidence that it has happened right after the Pride March.

Briefly detained at Boğaziçi University and standing trial for carrying a rainbow flag representing the LGBTI+ community, 12 students had their second hearing today, on June 28. A press statement was made before the hearing.

The Human Rights Association (İHD) has released a written statement about the police attack on the 19th İstanbul Pride March in Taksim on June 26, when several people were detained by torture by the police.

LGBTI+s wanted to have a picnic in İstanbul’s Maçka Park a few days ago. It was banned. They wanted to hold a pride march in Taksim Square, one of the most well-known squares of the world. It was also banned. The year is 2021.

"Last year has passed with oppression, violence and bullying for both LGBTI+s and the whole society. However, we don't back down from our rights, existence, and freedom," reads the press statement made at the 19th İstanbul LGBTI+ Pride March.

The Sub-Governor’s Office of Beyoğlu has banned the LGBTI+ Pride March to be held in Taksim. The police attacked the group who gathered in Taksim. Using plastic bullets, they have taken at least 20 people into custody.

In a first in its history, the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İMM) organized the Purple Summit, where women’s organizations and the İMM officials met.

As the Pride March has been banned for the seventh consecutive year, LGBTI+s say they will defy the ban and "find one another on the streets."

Despite all attempts of prevention, women have put a signboard on the street where Deniz Poyraz was killed in an armed attack against the HDP İzmir office and named the street after the deceased woman.

At the final hearing of the trial over the sexual abuse of a 12-year-old child, Eyüp Fatih Ş., who introduced himself as the "Uşşaki Islamic Cult Leader Fatih Nurullah," referred to the 4th Judicial Package and demanded his acquittal.

Speaking at the meeting of the Commission on Prevention of Sexual Violence (CİTÖK) on April 20, Boğaziçi University’s appointed vice rector Fazıl Önder Sönmez defined the CİTÖK Coordinator on unpaid leave as a “radical feminist”.

Turkey will officially withdraw from the İstanbul Convention on July 1, according to the presidential decision issued in late March.

In the trial of the gang that forced Sibel Y. to sex work, the second hearing has been held. Lawyer Keskin says the witness statement of a woman must be taken into consideration, stressing the importance of İstanbul Convention in this context.

Released to house arrest, Mehmet K. has been sent to prison to be arrested in the trial over the death of Duygu Delen, who fell from the balcony of K.’s house.

The police have attacked the LGBTI+s having a picnic at Maçka Park in İstanbul as part of the Pride Week. One person has been detained. While the Şişli Sub-Governor's Office banned the picnic, rainbow flags were not allowed into the park.

Nazan Moroğlu, the Coordinator of the Union of İstanbul Women’s Organizations (İKKB) and the Vice Chair of İstanbul Bar Association, has been granted the honorary membership of the International Women’s Solidarity Association (IWSA).

Even if the convention is abolished, women and LGBTI+s are determined to enforce its articles.