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Nationalist group attacks Taksim transsexual parade


ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News | Erdem Güneş erdem.gunes@hdn.com.tr | Retrieved from the Internet on June 29, 2012 by SJ


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More than a thousand people gathered on Beyoğlu's famous İstiklal Avenue on June 24 to mark the beginning of pride week. The week will be celebrated with a number of activities in the city and another major march will take place on July 1. DAILY NEWS photo


An ultranationalist group attempted to attack participants in Turkey's third transsexual pride parade in Istanbul's central Taksim Square on June 24, but police stopped the group before anyone suffered serious injuries.

Members of Alperen Ocakları, the youth wing of the Islamist Great Unity Party (BBP), threw stones and bottles at a group of thousands of people wearing costumes and carrying colorful banners for the parade.