内容摘要：Cardinals and bishops have long been considered beyond reproach. Claims of homosexual behavior are used to discredit or blackmail prelates that they often are dismissed as rumor. There also has been a widespread but unspoken tolerance of sexually active men in what is supposed to be a celibate priesthood.

Cardinals and bishops have long been considered beyond reproach. Claims of homosexual behavior are used to discredit or blackmail prelates that they often are dismissed as rumor. There also has been a widespread but unspoken tolerance of sexually active men in what is supposed to be a celibate priesthood.

A man pushes his cart with discarded plastic items and cartons at Kadikoy district in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Dogan’s cousin, 28-year-old Ergun Dogan, Ergun’s younger brother Mehmet Dogan, 16, and their father, Serdar Dogan are also trash scavengers.

The cousin recounts how, if a sack on his cart accidentally touches a passer-by, the person often gets upset and tell him to “get your dirty thing away from me.”Cumali Bakir, who oversees a recycling depot and buys from collectors like the Dogan cousins, says their jobs should be made official, and that they should be given proper “vests and meal cards.”Ergin Dogan, 29, pulls his cart with discarded cartons and metal cans at Eminonu commercial distric in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Ergin Dogan, 29, pulls his cart with discarded cartons and metal cans at Eminonu commercial distric in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)“They pull 150-kilogram carts uphill, often on an empty stomach,” Bakir said.

In the shadows of Istanbul’s grand minarets that pierce the skies and bustling ferry docks, 16-year-old Mehmet says he has been working since dropping out of eighth grade.

A man pulls a sack full of discarded cartons and plastic items to be separated in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has been trying to

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“We pushed back on requests from the Turkish government to restrict content that is clearly in the public interest, and have been fined by them as a consequence,” the company said in a statement.The social media company did not disclose the size of the fine, except to say it was “substantial” and did not provide any more details about the content in question. The Associated Press has approached the Turkish government for comment.