Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an article for Bloomberg, called for a sweeping reform of the UN: abolish the veto in the Security Council, abandon permanent membership, and strengthen the powers of the General Assembly. He called this the central element of the reform.

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In Turkey, large-scale raids against LGBTQ organizations and activists have been underway since September 13. According to the British newspaper The Guardian, citing human rights defenders, more than 100 people were detained, and 62 of them were held in pretrial detention.

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