Pakati pa mizinda ikuluikulu padziko lonse la Muslim, mzinda wawukulu kwambiri wa Turkey, Istanbul (anthu 13.1 miliyoni), amavomereza kwambiri amuna ndi akazi anzawo. Izi zikunenedwa kuti, gulu la Istanbul la GLBT ndi lodziwika bwino poyerekeza ndi mizinda ikuluikulu ku Ulaya, ndipo ngakhale kuti mwakhama anaika Pride March kuyambira pakati pa zaka za 90, omwe ali mumzinda wa Istanbul Gay Pride Festival (Istanbul Onur Haftasi) pa June 28 adagonjetsedwa ndi apolisi okhala ndi tsabola ndi timadzi ta madzi.
Tsopano m'zaka za 14, Istanbul ya Turkish Gay Pride sabata yakhala yochititsa chidwi kwambiri ikuwonetsa masauzande ambiri, ndipo ngakhale zochitika zoopsa za chaka chatha, okonzekera akukonzekera kubweranso mu 2016 mwamphamvu kuposa kale lonse. Gay Pride ya Istanbul ikuchitika chaka chino kuyambira pa June 20 mpaka June 26, 2016, ndipo ili ndi zojambula zosiyanasiyana za GLBT ndi zochitika zamtundu, kuphatikizapo mafilimu, zokambirana zaumoyo ndi za ndale, zochitika za Bear Pride, workshop, picnic, ndi maphwando angapo ndi misonkhano ina.
Mlungu Wodzikuza ku Istanbul umatha pa Lamlungu, June 26, ndi Istanbul Gay Pride March , pa Itiklal Caddesi Taksim (İstiklal Avenue), imodzi mwa malo otchuka kwambiri komanso mumapiri. Ngakhale kuti apolisi amayesa kuika chikondwerero cha chaka chatha, n'zosakayikitsa kuti zotsatira zapadziko lonse zochokera ku boma la Erdogan pofuna kutseka chiwonetserocho zidzangopangitsa ovomerezeka a Istanbul LGBT kukhazikitsa ngakhale Gay Pride kwambiri, yowonjezera, komanso yowonekera kwambiri yendani mu 2016.
Chaka chatha, a marchers anapitiriza kupitiriza ndikuyimira ufulu wa LGBT kudera la pakati la Taksim ku Istanbul nthawi yomwe anthu ambiri amakhulupirira kuti ndi Gay Pride mudziko lachi Muslim, ngakhale kuti amatsenga akuluakulu a boma. Mtsogoleri wa Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, adakali ndi mphamvu zowononga kuti adzikondweretse chikondwerero cha Istanbul chaka chatha chikuwonekera mwachindunji ndi zoyenera kuchita ndi a Recep Tayyip Erdogan, omwe adakondera boma la Turkey. Ngakhale kuti dziko lonse la Turkey likutsutsa ufulu wa amuna okhaokha, Istanbul ikupitirizabe kulimbikitsa gulu la LGBT likukula komanso lodziwika bwino, ndipo ambiri mumzinda waukulu kwambiri - makamaka achinyamata - amavomereza kugonana ndi anyamata anzawo.
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Kuti mudziwe zambiri pa zochitika zachiwerewere ku Istanbul, fufuzani zamagetsi, monga Istanbul Gay Guide ku IstanbulGay.com ndi Guide Gay Guide ku Istanbul. Kuti mudziwe zambiri zokhudza ulendo wokacheza ku Istanbul, yang'anani malo omwe alendo amalowetsa alendo oyendayenda, Turkey Culture and Tourism Office.