Turkey’s LGBT community face a ‘tsunami of hate’

Turkey's LGBT community is facing growing government hostility and vitriol from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: Ozan Kose via Barron's)

Murat has watched for years as LGBT people who face persecution in the Middle East have found refuge in his cosmopolitan neighbourhood of Istanbul.

Today, in the face of growing government hostility and vitriol from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…