â–² 90 â–¼ Portuguese tourist assaulted by Turkish police, jailed for 20 days for "looking gay" (www.gerceknews.com) submitted 3 years ago by bossito@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.de 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Hubi@feddit.de 24 points 3 years ago* (2 children) How is "Looking gay" defined according to Turkish law? Just being handsome as hell? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] GlowingLantern@feddit.de 22 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sab@kbin.social 10 points 3 years ago I would be surprised if this wasn't caused by a "very straight" policeman trying to compensate for his own sexual confusion. permalink fedilink source parent [–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) As far as I know, homosexuality isn't even illegal in Turkiye. Seems like police just making up rules as usual. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bossito@lemmy.world [S] 11 points 3 years ago Yeah, I think he was quite unlucky, he was not even aware of the attempt to a pride parade and made the fatal mistake of asking for directions to the area where the pride would happen and there you go, 9 days unable to make a phone call in overcrowded prisons and more 11 days in prison after the first phone call. Welcome to Türkye... permalink fedilink source parent
[+] GlowingLantern@feddit.de 22 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sab@kbin.social 10 points 3 years ago I would be surprised if this wasn't caused by a "very straight" policeman trying to compensate for his own sexual confusion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sab@kbin.social 10 points 3 years ago I would be surprised if this wasn't caused by a "very straight" policeman trying to compensate for his own sexual confusion. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) As far as I know, homosexuality isn't even illegal in Turkiye. Seems like police just making up rules as usual. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bossito@lemmy.world [S] 11 points 3 years ago Yeah, I think he was quite unlucky, he was not even aware of the attempt to a pride parade and made the fatal mistake of asking for directions to the area where the pride would happen and there you go, 9 days unable to make a phone call in overcrowded prisons and more 11 days in prison after the first phone call. Welcome to Türkye... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bossito@lemmy.world [S] 11 points 3 years ago Yeah, I think he was quite unlucky, he was not even aware of the attempt to a pride parade and made the fatal mistake of asking for directions to the area where the pride would happen and there you go, 9 days unable to make a phone call in overcrowded prisons and more 11 days in prison after the first phone call. Welcome to Türkye... permalink fedilink source parent