"Drag Queens" Keep Illegals' Urges Bottled Up, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 4 May 2022)

Makes one think of the Romeo & Juliet balcony scene...

sort of. 

In Beyoğlu, Istanbul, the day before yesterday, a group of foreigners

gathered in front of an apartment building where "travesti" (drag queens)

live, imploring them to come out. (!)  When pictures of the incident were

posted on social media they sparked widespread indignation, prompting

police to come to the scene. 

A check of the crowd by police resulted in the arrest of illegal migrants:

37 Afghans, 18 Syrians, 18 Pakistanis, 8 Bangladeshis, 6 Palestinians 

and 10 others from various countries.  Deportation proceedings have 

begun for all of them.  In addition, 27 people charged with disturbing

the peace in Beyoğlu were each fined 277 TL (about $18). 

The police asserted that individuals identifying themselves as Afghans,

Pakistanis, etc. on social media have been spreading disinformation

aimed at creating internal turmoil in Turkey and that the arrest operation

will put a stop to this. 

 They left with their urges unsatisfied. Now they must

take matters into their own hands.