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Turkey’s anti-LGBTQ protest reflects the country’s political shift

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The Big Family Gathering march in the conservative heart of Istanbul attracted nationalists, hard-line Islamists and conspiracy theorists. Demonstrators demand a ban on what they consider gay propaganda and to outlaw LGBTQ organizations. Turkey ranked second to last, ahead of only Azerbaijan, in its most recent 49-country legal equality index. When several thousand demonstrators gathered … Read more

Finland No covert Nato agreements with Turkey’s

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  • Finland’s foreign minister says there are “no hidden agreements” regarding accession to Nato.
  • Turkey’s president claimed Sweden had agreed to extradite 73 individuals to Turkey as part of the agreement.
  •  Sweden’s FM Ann Linde stated that there have been no official extradition requests from Turkey.

There are “no hidden agreements” between Sweden, Finland, and Turkey regarding the Nordic countries’ accession to Nato, Finland’s foreign minister has said after Turkey’s leader claimed he had received additional promises to support their membership.

On the eve of the Madrid conference last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lifted his veto against the two countries joining Nato after the three countries agreed to a pact on matters including combating terrorism.

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