Homosexuality is not criminalized in Turkey, but the authoritarian Islamo-nationalist regime of President Erdogan designates LGBT people as scapegoats for the fall in the birth rate in the country.
In Türkiye, the government continues its repression against the LGBT+ community and incarcerates several dozen people For twenty years, Ilksen has been fighting for the LGBT cause in Istanbul.
Behind the door of the premises, the street is cordoned off by dozens of police officers to prevent any demonstration of solidarity with LGBT people.
Züleyha, mother of a trans woman, is outraged by this operation carried out by the government:"What security are they talking about?
Since then, LGBT activists have lived in fear of being arrested.
But for a month he has been hiding, no longer living at home and staying with friends.