İzmir Pride () is a gay

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and

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demonstration held annually in

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

since 2013.

History

LGBT supporters gathered at

Alsancak Alsancak is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Konak, İzmir, Konak, İzmir Province, Turkey. Its population is 5,581 (2022). It is part of the historic center of the city of İzmir. Overview As a notional zone, Alsancak extends ...

Ferry Port during the march on 30 June 2013 and walked along Cyprus Martyrs Street, carrying posters with slogans such as "We are soldiers of

Zeki Müren Zeki Müren (; 6 December 1931 – 24 September 1996) was a Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha", he was one of the prominent figures of Turkish classical music. Due to his co ...

" and "We are soldiers of

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". The event went forward again in 2014. In 2016 the provincial government cancelled the event, claiming there would be "terror propaganda". The event did go ahead as planned, although with fewer attendees. Honor Week events in 2019 were banned by the Governorship of İzmir. The İzmir Bar Association applied to the court to suspend the execution of the ban on the grounds that it was unlawful. The court eventually issued a decision to stop the execution of the ban. With this decision, it was announced that the İzmir Pride march would take place for the seventh time on June 22. However, the police intervened in the march and detained more than twenty people. A dozen people were detained at the event in 2022.

Supporters and organizers

Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül University () (DEÜ) is a Public university, public research university in İzmir, Turkey. Founded in 1982, it is organized into 18 faculties. It holds the distinction of being the first university in Turkey to implement the probl ...

Equal Ribbon Community *

Ege University Ege University or Aegean University () is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the fourth oldest unive ...

LGBTQ Community *

Eğitim-Sen Education and Science Workers' Union (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Eğitim ve Bilim Emekçileri Sendikası''), better known with its abbreviation Eğitim-Sen, is a left-wing trade union of teachers and other education workers in Turkey. In 2005, it ...

İzmir LGBTQ Commission No. 2 *Red Rainbow İzmir *HDK İzmir LGBTQ Commission *İzmir LGBTQ Initiative *Black Pink Triangle *Ahura LGBTQ *İzmir Bar Association

References

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