Great News -- celebrations taking steps back here in Turkey today as Pride March in Istanbul being dispersed by water cannon...
No idea as yet what the official reason is...*
marching
beneath the rainbow:
water cannons
*edited to add, according to lgbtinturkey.com:
The 13th Istanbul LGBTI Pride Parade scheduled to take place at 17:00 in Taksim has suddenly been banned by the Governorate using the month of Ramadan as the reasoning without any announcement.
Police is attacking tens of thousands of people with pepper spray, plastic bullets, and water cannon.
All entrances and exits to and from Taksim and Istiklal Street have been shut down...
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