Turkish police use water cannon to disperse gay pride parade

[Bosonic]

Source: Reuters

ISTANBUL: Turkish police fired water cannon and rubber pellets to disperse a crowd gathered in central Istanbul Sunday for the city's annual gay pride parade.

It was not immediately clear why the police stopped the marchers gathering. The parade has been held in Istanbul in previous years, leading some to dub it the largest gay pride event in the Muslim world.

However, this year the timing of the parade coincides with the holy month of Ramadan, something that could cause conservative Muslims to bristle.

Turkey's Dogan news agency reported that police told crowds to disperse soon after they began assembling, telling them they would not be allowed to march.

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1. Gotta stop "those gays" before they become violent, I guess!

Because they're SO violent everywhere else. Not.

[Sunlei]

2. brave people.To be gay is a death sentence in many countries. Illegal,a world of pain in places....

like Cheneys' wonderland, Dubai.

[Betty Karlson]

3. Erdogan is still smarting from his election loss, I guess

And being a bully, he takes it out on a couple of people who've done nothing wrong.

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Beginning of a crackdown?

Is Turkey preparing to pull a Russia?