Pakati pemaguta makuru pasi pose munyika dzeMuslim, guta guru reTurkey, Istanbul (chiuru chevanhu 13.1 mamiriyoni), zviri nyore chaizvo kugamuchira zvevakomana nevasikana. Izvi zvichiti, Istanbul yeGLBT inharaunda ichiri kunyatsozivikanwa kana ichienzaniswa nedzimwe maguta makuru muEurope, uye pasinei nekubudirira kugadzirisa Pride March kubvira pakati pe'90s, vatori vechikamu muguta re 2015 Istanbul Gay Pride Festival (Istanbul Onur Haftasi) musi waJune 28 vakarwiswa nemapurisa ane pepper spray nemanoni emvura.
Iye zvino mugore raro rechi14, Istanbul yeTurkey Gay Pride vhiki yakakurumidza kuva chiitiko chikuru ichiita zviuru zvevatori vechikamu, uye pasinei nezviitiko zvinotyisa zvegore rakapera, varonga vakaronga kudzoka muna 2016 vakasimba kupfuura kare. Istanbul Gay Pride inoitika gore rino kubva munaJune 20 kusvika kuJune 26, 2016, uye inoumbwa nemhando dzakasiyana-siyana dzehutsika hwemagariro uye zvemagariro eGBT, kusanganisira mafirimu, hutano uye zvematongerwe enyika, zviitiko zveBeet Pride, masangano ekudhanha, picnic, uye mapoka akawanda uye dzimwe misangano.
Vhiki Yekuzvikudza muIstanbul inopera musi weSvondo, June 26, neIstanbul Gay Pride March , paItiklal Caddesi Taksim (İstiklal Avenue), imwe yenzvimbo dzakakurumbira uye dzakanaka mumuguta. Uye kunyange zvazvo mapurisa akaedza kuisa dhimoni pamhemberero yegore rapera, zvakachengeteka kutaura kuti kuparidzirwa kwepasi rose kubva kuhurumende yeErdogan kuvhara chiitiko chacho kungoita kuti Istanbul LGBT vashandi vatange kuparadzanisa kunyange yakakura, yakakurumbira, uye yakajeka Gay Pride famba muna 2016.
Gore rakapera, vatengesi vakaramba vachiungana uye vakasimudzira kodzero dzeLGBT mudunhu rekuTsimsim riri pakati peIstanbul panguva iyo inowanzoonekwa kuti ndiyo yeGay Pride yechiitiko chikuru muhurumende yechiMuslim, pasinei nematambudziko ane simba ekutonga hurumende. Sangano rakasimba rekudzivisa Istiti yeChede celebration gore rakapera rinowanikwa zvakananga nemabasa eAtranskritan veReuc Tayyip Erdogan vanochengetedza kuti vafarirwe nevatori venyika vari kure, asi kunyange mafungiro mukati meTurkey achiri kuramba achipikisa kodzero dzevarume, Istanbul inoramba ichienderera mberi kukudziridza hutano hweHGBT huri kukura uye huri kuwedzera, uye vazhinji vari muguta guru pane imwe nyika - kunyanya vaduku-vari kubvuma kugonana nemasikana.
Istanbul Gay Resources
Nokuda kwechiitiko chegamba muIstanbul, chengetedza zvigadzirwa zvepaIndaneti, zvakadai seIstanbul Gay Guide kuIstanbulGay.com uye NightTours Gay Guide yeIstanbul. Kuti uwane ruzivo rwekufambisa nekushanyira Istanbul, tarisa nzvimbo yevashanyi yakabudiswa nehurumende yehurumende yekushanyirwa, yeTurkey Culture uye Tourism Office.