Daga cikin manyan biranen duniya a kasashen musulmi, babban birni na Turkiyya, Istanbul (yawan mutane miliyan 13.1), sauƙin mafi sauƙin karɓar 'yan wasa da' yan mata. A cewar wannan, al'ummar GLBT na Istanbul har yanzu suna da kyau sosai idan aka kwatanta da wasu manyan birane a Turai, kuma duk da nasarar da aka yi a watan Maris tun daga tsakiyar '90s, masu halartar bikin Istanbul Gay Pride Festival (Istanbul Onur Haftasi) a ranar 28 ga Yunin 28 'yan sanda sun kai su hari tare da barkono da kuma gwanayen ruwa.
Yanzu a shekara ta 14, Istanbul Turkiyya Gay Pride makon da sauri ya zama babban abin da ya faru dubban masu halartar taron, kuma duk da irin abubuwan da suka faru ba a bara ba, masu shirya shirye-shiryen sun sake komawa baya a 2016 da karfi. Istanbul Gay Pride ya faru a wannan shekara daga Yuni 20 zuwa Yuni 26, 2016, kuma ya ƙunshi abubuwa da dama na GLBT da al'adu, ciki harda fina-finai, harkokin kiwon lafiya da siyasa, ayyukan Bear Pride, zane-zane, wasan kwaikwayo, da kuma wasu jam'iyyun da sauran tarurruka.
Wakilin Pride a Istanbul ya ƙare a ranar Lahadi, Yuni 26, tare da Istanbul Gay Pride March , a kan İstiklal Caddesi Taksim (İstiklal Avenue), daya daga cikin manyan wuraren da ke cikin birni. Kuma kodayake 'yan sanda sun yi ƙoƙari su sanya damuwa a bikin biki na bara, to amma yana da kyau a ce sakamakon da aka samu a fadin duniya daga kokarin Erdogan na rufewa taron zai taimaka wa masu gwagwarmaya ta Istanbul LGBT su ci gaba da yin girman kai, mafi girma, Maris a 2016.
A bara, masu martaba sun ci gaba da haɗuwa da kuma kare hakkokin LGBT a babban yanki na Taksim a Istanbul lokacin da ake ganin shine mafi girma a cikin al'ummar musulmi, duk da kwarewar da hukumomin gwamnati ke yi. Ƙoƙarin kokarin da ake yi na kawar da bikin Istanbul na Pride a bara ya kasance daidai da kokarin da tsohon shugaban Turkiyya Recep Tayyip Erdogan ya yi na neman samun goyon baya ga masu jefa kuri'a a kasar, amma duk da cewa halin da ake ciki a Turkiyya ya fi dacewa da tsayayya da hakkokin dangi, Istanbul ya ci gaba da haɓaka girma da kuma ƙaramin LGBT al'umma, kuma mutane da yawa a cikin mafi girma gari - musamman matasa mazauna - suna karɓa sosai ga gays da 'yan lebians.
Istanbul Gay Resources
Don ƙarin bayani game da gay a Istanbul, bincika albarkatun kan layi, irin su Istanbul Gay Guide a IstanbulGay.com da NightTours Gay Guide zuwa Istanbul. Don cikakkun bayanai na tafiya akan ziyarar Istanbul, duba shafin yanar gizo na asibiti wanda kungiyar ta yawon shakatawa ta kasar ta tsara, Cibiyar Al'adu da Ayyukan Turkiyya.