Police Raided Kaos GL, Entered Association Premises, Board and Audit Committee Members Detained

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Authorities in Turkey have raided the offices of six LGBTI organizations. According to official reports, 26 people were arrested. LGBTI organization Kaos GL speaks of at least fifty detainees, more than ten of whom were arrested in their own homes. According to the Turkish Minister of Justice, the investigation focuses on individuals who facilitated prostitution or provided locations for it, among other activities. Police operations took place …

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Members of the executive and supervisory board of the Kaos GL Association were detained in police raids on their homes. The investigation, in which more than 10 LGBT+ activists were detained, is being conducted under charges of "obscenity" and violating the Associations Law.

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The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the Kaos GL Association on the grounds that it allegedly shared obscene content accessible to children on its website and social media accounts. In the operation, where arrest warrants were issued for 26 suspects, 21 people were apprehended, and access to the association's website was blocked.

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The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office announced that 21 suspects have been detained as part of an investigation into the Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Association (KAOS GL). Efforts are underway to apprehend five more suspects, and access to the association's website has been blocked from Türkiye.

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Middle East: In Turkey, authorities blocked websites and accounts on social media of a number of LGBT organizations, and police searched the offices and houses of the leaders of the Kaos GL association.

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In Turkey, 26 people have been arrested during nationwide raids against several LGBT activists' associations. As reported by the state news agency Anadolu on Sunday, investigations have been initiated for "founding a crime, prostitution, obscenity" as well as drug possession. Among other things, the group Kaos GL, which advocates the rights of homosexuals, bisexuals, transhumans and queer persons (LGBTQ), was affected.