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Turkish police fire pepper spray at gay pride parade
June 29, 2015
Although the gay pride parade has happened in peace for at least 13 years in Istanbul, on Sunday the parade was interrupted by police who fired pepper spray and rubber pellets at thousands when they arrived to march.
Organisers of the march released a statement saying the Istanbul governorship was not allowing the procession, citing the Muslim holy month of Ramzan.