{"id":17188,"date":"2026-09-19T14:14:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/19\/turkey-arrests-dozens-in-crackdown-on-lgbtq-activists\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T14:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:14:47","slug":"turkey-arrests-dozens-in-crackdown-on-lgbtq-activists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/19\/turkey-arrests-dozens-in-crackdown-on-lgbtq-activists\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey arrests dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey arrests dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists <time datetime=\"2026-09-15T22:26:05.556Z\">4 days ago<\/time>ShareSave<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=bbc.com\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Add as preferred on Google<\/a>Gabriela Pomeroy<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20260907-085256-bea8b058c0-web-3.21.0\/grey-placeholder.png\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/1d5c\/live\/f63256f0-b145-11f1-a383-57f33d64a166.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Getty Images Turkish police detain dozens of LGBT rights protesters in Ankara, on September 15, 2026. The arrests interrupted a planned pro-LGBT demonstration in the capital a day after detentions of LGBT activists, media organizations, civil society groups and public figures across Turkey.\"\/>Getty Images<\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/bbcdotcom\/web\/20260907-085256-bea8b058c0-web-3.21.0\/grey-placeholder.png\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/f6d3\/live\/6d312380-b146-11f1-a383-57f33d64a166.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Getty Images Turkish police detain dozens of LGBT rights protesters in Ankara, on September 15, 2026. The arrests interrupted a planned pro-LGBT demonstration in the capital a day after detentions of LGBT activists, media organizations, civil society groups and public figures across Turkey.\"\/>Getty Images<figcaption>Turkish police detained dozens of LGBT rights protesters in Ankara on 15 September<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cpve191wy47o\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<h2>Turkish police detain dozens in raids on gay bars and homes of LGBTQ+ activists<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/topics\/c207p54mdq3t\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Turkey<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/topics\/cp7r8vgln2wt\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">LGBT<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world\/europe\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Europe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey arrests dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists 4 days agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGabriela PomeroyGetty ImagesGetty ImagesTurkish police detained dozens of LGBT rights protesters in Ankara on 15 SeptemberTurkish police detain dozens in raids on gay bars and homes of LGBTQ+ activistsTurkeyLGBTEurope<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turkeynews24.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}