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Yet more anti-LGBTQ+ raids across Turkey · PRIDE Daily

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  Speaker 3: First though, yet more anti-LGBTQ plus raids across Turkey. 45 people,
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  Speaker 3: most of them transgender women, have been arrested in seven cities,
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  Speaker 3: including Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul. Police say they're investigating claims
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  Speaker 3: of prostitution and obscenity. plus social media posts that encourage
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  Speaker 3: genderlessness and are against public morality. Part of a now
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  Speaker 3: seven-week crackdown that President Erdogan reckons is all about protecting
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  Speaker 3: France 24's Jasper Mortimer in Turkey. The election's not even
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  Speaker 3: been called yet, but at most it's only a year
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  Speaker 3: and a half away. About 160 arrests since September 12th
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  Speaker 3: after raids on LGBTQ plus clubs and bars, advocacy organisations
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  Speaker 3: and even activist homes with websites and social media accounts blocked.
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  Speaker 3: The crackdown's been criticised by the United Nations. Next, terrorism
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