Turkish police used tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse demonstrators who gathered for a gay pride rally in Istanbul in defiance of a government ban.
The city's governor had cited security concerns in preventing two annual parades from happening this year.
Earlier this week an ultra-nationalist youth group vowed to stop the march if it went ahead, calling the event immoral.
Dozens of people gathered in support of the LGBT parade just off a major commercial street.
Police called on them …
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