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LGBTI+s were faced with attempted lynching in İstanbul’s Tophane neighbourhood; police told them, “Don’t exaggerate.” They have received a medical report documenting the battery and are now preparing to file a criminal complaint.

A group has attacked the opening of an exhibition comprising works of 21 artists in Tophane neighbourhood of İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district.

While one of the assailants raiding record store on the excuse that alcohol was being consumed in Ramadan in Firuzağa has said, “They disrespected my wife as she was passing by with the baby. I went there to talk”, the other claimed he had nothing to do with the incident.

Poster on which a woman figure takes place in the exhibition named “Elem Çiçekleri” (Flowers of Sorrow) has been censored.

After attending Pride Parade, activists were attacked by unidentified persons in Tophane district of Istanbul. Four protesters were taken to hospital while an activist’s nose was broken. Witnesses said attackers shouted “You can’t escape, traitors!”