Several hundred people briefly took part in a banned LGBTQ+ Pride Parade in Istanbul on Sunday ... a major artery on the Asian side of Turkey's most populous city, before dispersing after police ...

Gay Pride marches have been banned ... local authorities said they had banned the parade due to Covid-19 restrictions. Homosexuality is not illegal in Turkey but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ...

Earlier on Sunday, the Gay Pride organising ... t approve of the parade. Representatives of some European governments were here to support the cause, stressing that Turkey, still a candidate ...