Turkey: Regime bars American LGBTQ+ cruise from ports, citing “moral values”

Source: New York Post

“Turkey has reportedly blocked an American LGBTQ+ cruise from docking at two of its ports, citing ‘moral values’ in the latest sign of the Islamist-run government’s increasingly hardline stance toward the LGBTQ+ community. The ‘Athens to Venice’ voyage organized by Los Angeles-based Atlantis Events was scheduled to stop in the western Turkish port of Kuşadası on July 7 before continuing to Istanbul. Instead, the cruise will now visit Cairo, Egypt, and the Greek island of Crete, according to CNN, which first reported the ban.” (07/04/26)

https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/us-news/turkey-bars-american-lgbtq-cruise-from-ports-citing-moral-values/