Erdogan with shameful statements for LGBT, until police arrest students

Erdgoan praised his party's youth forum, AK, for keeping “the nation's glorious history” and non-compliance in “

On Saturday, four students were arrested in Istanbul for an art work reportedly combining LGBT symbols and images of an Islamic country, the BBC writes, translates Periscopi.

Another 159 people were sent to the holding, although many were later released.

Homosexuality is legitimate in Turkey, but opposition by state officials LGBT has grown in recent years.

The Crenaria March in Istanbul has been banned for five years in a row until 2019. David-19, meanwhile, prevented any attempts to keep it in 2020.

Public opinion is generally conservative, and the LGBT community is faced with discrimination and harassment.

What did Erdgoani say?

In a video address to the conservative members of his party on Monday, the Turkish president said: “we will take our youth in the future, not as LGBT youth, but as youth that existed in this country's glorious past. ”

You're not young LGBT, you're not young for acts of vandalism. Rather, you are those who correct broken hearts. ”

Last July, Mr. Erdogan had accused LGBT activists of violating the Turkish nation's “national and spiritual values” and that he was decomposing “ ” youth. /Periscope