A new hearing for Pinar Selek is scheduled for Friday, September 18, in Istanbul as part of her fifth trial. This hearing occurs days after a series of raids and arrests targeting LGBTQIA+ organizations and activists across several regions of Turkey. Pinar Selek, a Franco-Turkish writer and sociologist living in France, will not attend due to an arrest warrant against her. Instead, a group of about thirty people, including representatives from France Universités and Snesup, ecologist parliamentarians and LFI, members of Planning familial, Sida Info Service, MRAP, feminist activists, artists, and journalists, will travel to Istanbul alongside her lawyers. Pinar Selek has been under prosecution since 1998 in the case of the explosion of the Istanbul spice market. Despite four previous acquittals, the last one was overturned in 2022 by the Turkish Court of Cassation, leading to a fifth trial and a new series of hearings. During a previous hearing on April 2, 2026, her book Lever la tête. La recherche interdite sur la résistance kurde, published by Université Paris Cité Éditions, was added to the legal file. The new hearing takes place amid a tense political and social context. Since September 12, Turkish police have arrested more than 60 people in 15 provinces during operations targeting LGBTQIA+ rights defense organizations. At least 23 people have been placed in provisional detention, while more than 160 are under investigation. Over 180 social media accounts have also been blocked or restricted, according to Amnesty International. The Turkish Ministry of Justice has issued a circular to prosecutors regarding content and activities considered contrary to "public morality" or harmful to families and children. Human rights organizations have criticized the increasing pressure on LGBTQIA+ people and their supporters. Pinar Selek's support committee links this crackdown to the context in which the September 18 hearing is taking place. While the legal proceedings continue, international support for Pinar Selek has grown. The Swedish PEN awarded her the Tucholsky Prize 2026 for her commitment to women's and minority rights in Turkey, as well as for her defense of academic principles. She will receive the award on November 15 in Stockholm. A week after the Istanbul hearing, on September 25, she will also receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Rennes 2.