Riot police use rubber pellets to disperse LGBT rights activists as they try to gather for a pride parade, which was banned by the governorship, in central Istanbul, Turkey, June 30, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Istanbul's gay and transgender community gathered for a small rally that ended with tear gas and rubber bullets on Sunday after their annual march was banned for the fifth consecutive year.
The march used to see tens of thousands of people parade down Istanbul's main Istiklal street, but Sunday's rally saw just a few hundred people gather on one of Beyoglu district's side streets to wave rainbow flags and shout slogans.
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