(FILE) Turkish anti riot police officers clash with protesters during a demonstration against the arrests and growing targeting of LGBTQ activists in Ankara, on September 15, 2026. Turkish police arrested dozens of people on September 13 in gay bars and at the homes of LGBTQ activists on charges including "obscenity", "assisting prostitution" and having "financial links abroad". Authorities have blocked social media accounts belonging to human rights defenders and media outlets as part of operations dubbed "My Family Is Safe. Yildiz Tar, an LGBT activist who has already been imprisoned twice, is adamant. By launching a wide-ranging crackdown on the Turkish LGBT community a week ago, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "kicked off his election campaign" for the 2028 presidential election. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) People gather outside Istanbul's courthouse behind a banner reading "Being LGBT+ and organising are not a crime. Let our friends be released" during a demonstration to protest over the arrest and growing targeting of LGBTQ activists, in Istanbul on September 15, 2026, two days after police carried out sweeping nationwide raids, arresting dozens of people in a campaign the government said was aimed at promoting traditional family values. Turkish police arrested dozens of people on September 13 in gay bars and at the homes of LGBTQ activists on charges including "obscenity", "assisting prostitution" and having "financial links abroad". Authorities have blocked social media accounts belonging to human rights defenders and media outlets as part of operations dubbed "My Family Is Safe.". Yildiz Tar, an LGBT activist who has already been imprisoned twice, is adamant. By launching a wide-ranging crackdown on the Turkish LGBT community a week ago, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "kicked off his election campaign" for the 2028 presidential election. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILE) Turkish police escort arrested protesters into a bus during a demonstration outside Istanbul's courthouse to protest over the arrest and growing targeting of LGBTQ activists, in Istanbul on September 15, 2026, two days after police carried out sweeping nationwide raids, arresting dozens of people in a campaign the government said was aimed at promoting traditional family values. Turkish police arrested dozens of people on September 13 in gay bars and at the homes of LGBTQ activists on charges including "obscenity", "assisting prostitution" and having "financial links abroad". Authorities have blocked social media accounts belonging to human rights defenders and media outlets as part of operations dubbed "My Family Is Safe.". Yildiz Tar, an LGBT activist who has already been imprisoned twice, is adamant. By launching a wide-ranging crackdown on the Turkish LGBT community a week ago, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "kicked off his election campaign" for the 2028 presidential election. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILE) Turkish police escort arrested protesters into a bus during a demonstration outside Istanbul's courthouse to protest over the arrest and growing targeting of LGBTQ activists, in Istanbul on September 15, 2026, two days after police carried out sweeping nationwide raids, arresting dozens of people in a campaign the government said was aimed at promoting traditional family values. Turkish police arrested dozens of people on September 13 in gay bars and at the homes of LGBTQ activists on charges including "obscenity", "assisting prostitution" and having "financial links abroad". Authorities have blocked social media accounts belonging to human rights defenders and media outlets as part of operations dubbed "My Family Is Safe.". Yildiz Tar, an LGBT activist who has already been imprisoned twice, is adamant. By launching a wide-ranging crackdown on the Turkish LGBT community a week ago, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "kicked off his election campaign" for the 2028 presidential election. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILE) Turkish anti riot police officers attempt to detain a protester during a demonstration against the arrests and growing targeting of LGBTQ activists in Ankara, on September 15, 2026. Turkish police arrested dozens of people on September 13 in gay bars and at the homes of LGBTQ activists on charges including "obscenity", "assisting prostitution" and having "financial links abroad". Authorities have blocked social media accounts belonging to human rights defenders and media outlets as part of operations dubbed "My Family Is Safe. Yildiz Tar, an LGBT activist who has already been imprisoned twice, is adamant. By launching a wide-ranging crackdown on the Turkish LGBT community a week ago, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "kicked off his election campaign" for the 2028 presidential election. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP via Getty Images)

(FILE) Turkish anti riot police officers push back protesters during a demonstration against the arrests and growing targeting of LGBTQ activists in Ankara, on September 15, 2026. Turkish police arrested dozens of people on September 13 in gay bars and at the homes of LGBTQ activists on charges including "obscenity", "assisting prostitution" and having "financial links abroad". Authorities have blocked social media accounts belonging to human rights defenders and media outlets as part of operations dubbed "My Family Is Safe. Yildiz Tar, an LGBT activist who has already been imprisoned twice, is adamant. By launching a wide-ranging crackdown on the Turkish LGBT community a week ago, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "kicked off his election campaign" for the 2028 presidential election. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP via Getty Images)

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate near Lincoln Financial Field ahead of Ed Sheeran's concert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 19, 2026, following the removal of rapper Macklemore from Sheeran's US tour. Ed Sheeran faces boycott calls and desertions, leaving the British singer with a career crisis that underlines how even the world's biggest stars are being sucked into the politics of the war in Gaza. Ahead of his next scheduled concert tonight, the "Shape of You" pop icon has spent a week scrambling to save his Loop Tour and his public image as criticism rained down from peers and social media users. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher / AFP via Getty Images)

Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate near Lincoln Financial Field ahead of Ed Sheeran's concert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 19, 2026, following the removal of rapper Macklemore from Sheeran's US tour. Ed Sheeran faces boycott calls and desertions, leaving the British singer with a career crisis that underlines how even the world's biggest stars are being sucked into the politics of the war in Gaza. Ahead of his next scheduled concert tonight, the "Shape of You" pop icon has spent a week scrambling to save his Loop Tour and his public image as criticism rained down from peers and social media users. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher / AFP via Getty Images)