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(Share)         (https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.jpost.com/)      Follow us on Google     (Turkey's LGBTQ+ community gather for a Pride parade, which was banned by local authorities, in Istanbul, Turkey June 30, 2024.) (Turkey's LGBTQ+ community gather for a Pride parade, which was banned by local authorities, in Istanbul, Turkey June 30, 2024.)   Turkey's LGBTQ+ community gather for a Pride parade, which was banned by local authorities, in Istanbul, Turkey June 30, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/DILARA SENKAYA )    By REUTERS    SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 11:53   A Turkish court ordered the detention of 16 people pending trial in the western province of Izmir as part of a government campaign that has included sweeping raids on (https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-901492) LGBTQ + associations, a prosecutor's office said on Monday.  The Izmir chief prosecutor's office said 18 suspects had been detained under the "My Family is Safe" operation, with 16 of them ordered to be remanded in jail and the other two placed under judicial supervision.   Turkish Justice Minister Akin Gurlek said on Sunday the investigations, coordinated by prosecutors in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Aydin and Mersin, involved 162 suspects, nine associations and 13 businesses across 15 provinces.  The government says the operation aims to protect children and family values. Authorities detained 26 people in Istanbul and 21 in Ankara over the weekend and (https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-908450) raided the offices of several LGBTQ+ associations.   Rights groups accuse the government of increasingly targeting the LGBTQ+ community through rhetoric, restrictions and legal measures.   (Turkey's LGBTQ+ community gather for a Pride parade, which was banned by local authorities, in Istanbul, Turkey June 30, 2024.)  Turkey's LGBTQ+ community gather for a Pride parade, which was banned by local authorities, in Istanbul, Turkey June 30, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/DILARA SENKAYA)    'State-led discrimination'  The Turkish Human Rights Association described the operation as "state-led (https://www.jpost.com/tags/discrimination) discrimination , politics of fear and the dismantling of civil society".  Nacho Sanchez Amor, the European Parliament's Turkey rapporteur, called the arrests "a shocking escalation" of repression.  Prosecutors have said the investigations cover alleged offenses including prostitution and obscenity, and that children and minors were being inappropriately influenced on issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity.   The operation comes as Turkish President Tayyip (https://www.jpost.com/tags/erdogan) Erdogan promotes a "Decade of Family and Population" aimed at tackling falling birth rates and an aging demographic.     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