<br /> <p>Turkish police broke up an attempted pride parade in Istanbul on June 25, firing tear gas and rubber bullets.</p><p>According to reports from Hurriyet</a>, riot police were deployed to Istanbul’s Taksim Square, where LGBT activists gathered, defying the government’s ban on the Gay Pride parade. At least seven people were detained.</p><p>The Gay Pride parade drew tens of thousands of participants in 2014, but has been banned in years since, AFP</a> reported.</p><p>This footage shows pride marchers and armed police walking through Çukurlu Çeşme street near Taksim Square. Credit: Twitter/Rocco Piers via Storyful</p><br />
