# Turkish Crackdown On LGBTQ+ Organizations Threatens Freedom of Expression and Association

**Published:** 2026-10-09T14:22:38+00:00  
**Source:** Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)  
**Category:** policy-community  
**Canonical URL:** https://fosswire.org/news/turkish-crackdown-on-lgbtq-organizations-threatens-freedom-o.html  

## Executive Summary
EFF strongly condemns Turkey’s state-led discriminatory, oppressive attacks on feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations, media platforms, student groups, and rights defenders and activists within the country. Since mid-September, access to the websites and social media accounts of a dozen organizations have been blocked by court order , while over 60 members and activists have been detained, their offices and homes raided , mobile phones, laptops and other digital devices seized, and judicial proceedings launched against them.

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