Turkey's LGBTQ crackdown Everything can go darker and darker
In September 2026, Turkish authorities launched the widest crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community in recent years, executing coordinated police raids, mass detentions, and severe digital censorship. The phrase "everything can go darker and darker" stems from warnings by local activists, such as Yildiz Tar of the rights group Kaos GL, who emphasized that if solidarity is not shown nationwide, the persecution of civil liberties will aggressively worsen.
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