If I ever end up in Istanbul again, I must look for these bird palaces houses built into buildings.
Tag: istanbul
soooo want to see this movie!
As the U.S. celebrates equality, here’s the response Turkish police had to pride
A planned gay pride celebration in Istanbul was set upon by police forces and dispersed Sunday. The 13th LGBTI Pride Parade near Taksim was “suddenly banned by the Governorate using the month of Ramadan as the reasoning without any announcement.” Police officers dispersed the crowd with “pepper spray, plastic bullets and water cannon” — but their pride wasn’t silenced.
this is what happens when people elect religious conservative governments.
And yes, it can just as easily happen here if we end up doing the same (though I wish they didn’t include someone’s clueless tweet about Turkey being an “Arab state”)
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