{"id":"TUR-033","notes":"COVID-19 instrumentalization extends existing LGBTI/feminist suppression campaign (TUR-CAMP-006); selective application distinguishes this from neutral public health measure","country":"Turkey","sources":[{"url":null,"citation":"TUSEV CSO Monitoring Matrix Turkey 2020-2021; governorship ban orders"}],"summary":"Following WHO pandemic declaration, Turkish governorships implemented a near-total ban on public assemblies justified by COVID-19 public health measures. The ban was applied disproportionately and selectively: feminist marches (including International Women's Day, March 8) and LGBTI+ events were prevented throughout 2020 and 2021 even when other public gatherings resumed. The assembly ban lasted approximately 18 months and was renewed repeatedly by governorship orders rather than parliamentary legislation, placing it beyond judicial challenge.","tactics":[{"code":"TC-39","role":"primary","label":"Mass Criminalization of Protest and Civic Mobilization","needs_review":false},{"code":"TC-18","role":"secondary","label":"Legislative Operationalization","needs_review":false}],"version":1,"channels":["Governorship emergency orders","Ministry of Interior","police"],"entities":[{"id":1119,"name":"Ministry of Interior; local governorships; police","role":"actor","entity_type":"State"},{"id":1120,"name":"All civil society demonstrators; feminist marches; labor unions; LGBTI+ assemblies","role":"target","entity_type":"Social movement; CSO"}],"date_text":"11/03/2020","created_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","escalation":3,"harm_track":"Track 3 — Civic Mobilization","narratives":[{"code":"NF-06","role":"primary","label":"Destabilization Agent","needs_review":false},{"code":"NF-10","role":"secondary","label":"Sovereignty Protection / State Security Infrastructure","needs_review":false}],"report_ids":[],"signal_ids":[],"updated_at":"2026-09-24T17:50:55.358311+00:00","occurred_on":"2020-03-11","campaign_ids":["TUR-CAMP-006"],"enabler_type":"","response_ids":[],"trigger_type":"TR-07: Crisis / Emergency Instrumentalization","campaign_phase":"Phase 3: Enforcement Intensification","civic_response":"Women's groups organized online March 8 actions 2020-2021; LGBTI+ communities shifted to digital organizing; human rights groups documented selective application against progressive movements","date_precision":"day","enabler_status":"","campaigns_served":[],"consequence_category":"Assembly Suppression; Emergency Power Abuse; Selective Enforcement","institutional_consequence":"All public assemblies suspended for 18 months under governorship orders; feminist and LGBTI+ events remained banned even after other activities resumed; pattern established assembly restriction as executive prerogative requiring no legislative basis"}