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Erdogan hits out at 'LGBT youth' as police break up fresh protest
"INCIITNG HATRED"Rights groups accuse Erdogan of taking the mostly Muslim but officially secular country on an increasingly socially conservative course during his 18 years in power.Homosexuality has been legal throughout modern Turkey's history.But gay people often face harassment, and LGBT events -- including Istanbul Pride -- have been blocked under Erdogan.Turkey was hit by a wave of student protests last month after Erdogan appointed a loyalist as the head of Bogazici University.During one demonstration last Friday protesters hung an artwork opposite the new rector's office depicting the holy site in Mecca and images of the LGBT movement's rainbow flag.Turkish police accused four people of "inciting hatred in the population".