Turkish authorities launched coordinated raids on LGBTQ associations across the country and detained multiple people, according to reports from German outlets including n-tv.de, DIE ZEIT, Spiegel, taz.de and Deutschlandfunk. The operation was carried out under the name "My Family Is Safe," Spiegel reported. The exact number of those detained and the specific cities involved were not immediately clear from the reports.
n-tv.de framed the crackdown as part of what it described as a "policy of fear" directed at the LGBTQ community in Turkey. The raids targeted associations nationwide, according to Deutschlandfunk, which reported numerous detentions. taz.de characterized the operation as a blow against the country's LGBTIQ+ community.
The reports, published on Sunday, September 13, 2026, did not specify the legal grounds cited by Turkish authorities for the detentions or whether those held had been formally charged. No full statements from Turkish officials or from the affected organizations were available in the source material.
