As of 6.40 pm, the protests seem to have ended after heavy police intervention.
Trans pride yürüyüşü pic.twitter.com/ix9xAJKvVe
— 8 Mart Feminist Gece Yürüyüşü (@8MartYuruyus) June 19, 2016
Attendees of the banned İstanbul #TransPride have been rushed by police, causing panic on #MisSokak street pic.twitter.com/WosTAT6AMd
— D8 News (@D8News) June 19, 2016
Turkey riot police fire rubber bullets, tear gas to break up rally of 50 members of LGBT community in Istanbul – AFP https://t.co/kgcFQ3JMJp
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) June 19, 2016
#MisSokak #KurabiyeSokak gaz altında, polis gördüğü her gökkuşağına plastik mermi sıkıyor #TransOnurYürüyüşü #Pride pic.twitter.com/Dsrh0nboZH
— BeyoğluKentSavunması (@BeyogluKntSvnms) June 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/KaosGL/status/744545936723025924
https://twitter.com/140journos/status/744546217091338244
Mis Sokak is particularly under police siege:
Polis Mis Sokağı kapatmış durumda #TransOnurYürüyüşü #YasakNeAyol pic.twitter.com/gfaCBERLLt
— sendika.org (@sendika_org) June 19, 2016
How did homosexuality become so offensive to the Muslim world? https://t.co/n1w7qrhL9b pic.twitter.com/wXY7bncLeI
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) June 19, 2016
This islamofascist is burning a LGBTi flag:
7. #TransOnurYürüyüşü Polis, şimdiye kadar uyardık artık gözaltı yapacağız diyerek kafelerde oturanları kaldırıyor pic.twitter.com/QrRjnUpbs5
— Direnişteyiz.org (@direnisteyizorg) June 19, 2016
Seems instead of protecting LGBTs’ right to freedom of assembly in Istanbul,Turkish police arresting them. #Shameful https://t.co/yl9TgmcR8y
— ilhan tanir (@WashingtonPoint) June 19, 2016
Polis Mis sokakta "LGBTİ grubuna sesleniyorum. Dağılın. Yoksa zor kullanılacaktır." Anonsu yapmaktadır. Civardakiler lütfen dikkatli olsun.
— Lambdaistanbul LGBTİ+ Dayanışma Derneği (@lambda_istanbul) June 19, 2016
#TransOnurYürüyüşü'nün yapılacağı Taksim Meydanı'nda polis geçit vermiyor. pic.twitter.com/agsSVDTjK2
— dokuz8haber (@dokuz8haber) June 19, 2016
https://twitter.com/daghanirak/status/744532075781431296
It looks like Turkish police did bring vehicles from the war zone:
Police take strict measures to block LGBT events in Istanbul
#PT Police also detained a group of people shouting "this is Ottoman [soil]": https://t.co/ECPcY42cPZ
— Ankaralı Jan (@06JAnk) June 19, 2016
Turkish ultra nationalists and islamists start to beat this guy in Istiklal. The police is busy detaining trans. pic.twitter.com/jJ5x7tIu3d
— Lluís Miquel Hurtado 🏛🌿 (@llmhurtado) June 19, 2016
Trans Onur Yürüyüşü için aktivistler @istanbulLGBT derneği önünde buluşmaya başladı.#MyIstanbulPride#AşkKazanacak pic.twitter.com/N6RaQEXrzH
— Amnesty Türkiye (@aforgutu) June 19, 2016
Live: Police intervention to Press Declaration begins at TransPride #YasakNeAyol https://t.co/nV98Giowyw
— Erkan Saka (@sakaerka) June 19, 2016
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