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Ä°zmir Pride
İzmir Pride () is a gay pride march and LGBTQ demonstration held annually in İzmir since 2013. History LGBT supporters gathered at Alsancak 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" and "We are soldiers of Freddie Mercury". 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 twent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ä°zmir Gay Pride 2014
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 a population of 2,938,292 (in eleven urban districts), while İzmir Province had a total population of 4,493,242. Its built-up (or metro) area was home to 3,264,154 inhabitants. It extends along the outlying waters of the Gulf of İzmir and inland to the north across the Gediz River Delta; to the east along an alluvial plain created by several small streams; and to slightly more rugged terrain in the south. İzmir has more than 3,000 years of recorded history, recorded urban history, and Yeşilova Höyük, up to 8,500 years of history as a human settlement since the Neolithic period. In classical antiquity, the city was known as Smyrna – a name which remained in use in English and various other languages until around 1930, when governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
