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Annual gay pride parade in Istanbul threatened by hardliner groups

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Annual gay pride parade in Istanbul threatened by hardliner groups
The annual gay pride event set to be staged on the 26th of June, which attracts tens of thousands of LGBT’s every year is being threatened by hardliner groups who have pledged to do what is necessary to stop the event from taking place.
Alperen Hearths, the youth group loyal to far-nationalist Great Union Party (BBP), in a press conference on Wednesday promised to intervene to stop the June 26 march.
“Dear state officials, do not make us deal with these. Either you do what is needed or we will do it. We are ready to take any risks; we will directly prevent the march from happening,” the Alperen Hearths Istanbul provincial head, Kursat Mican, told journalists.
“[We] will not allow degenerates to carry out their fantasies on this land, which our ancestors left us by paying a heavy price … We are issuing our warning now. We said what is going to happen and are not responsible for what will happen after this point,” Mican added.
Pride Parade and Pride Week Istanbul (June 20-26) have taken place since 2003, attracting tens of thousands of people in recent years, with a reported 100,000 participants in 2013.

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