(AP) A prominent German lawmaker was temporarily detained at a gay street parade in Istanbul.

(AP) Demonstrators gathered in central Istanbul to protest the rape and killing of a transgender woman and LGBT activist.

(WB) Hundreds of LGBT people, allies and supporters took to the streets of Istanbul Sunday in defiance of the country’s government’s ongoing 2014 ban on Pride parades and Pride Month festivities.

(AP) Turkish police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators who gathered Sunday for a gay pride rally in Istanbul despite a government ban.