[id: the video is divided into 16 squares. in each one, an LGBT person is doing something such as reading, preparing food, playing with their pets, washing dishes. it is overlaid with an audio of the Turkish president’s recent speech saying “LGBT? No such thing exists. This country is national, spiritual”. when he says “no such thing exists”, people disappear from the frame, leaving only the background]
video by the Istanbul pride committee, @/istanbulpride on instagram and twitter
!!! THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
Right now students and teachers are being arrested left and right. These people are protesting how the President of Turkey nominated Melih Bulu (someone who previously served in the ruling party and has no ties to this university) as the rector for Bogazici University, a private university.
