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, by OLIVER Christian, POYRASLAR Elçin
The president is blaming LGBTQ+ people for undermining family values to distract from the ruling party’s failings — particularly on the economy.
ISTANBUL — To President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s LGBTQ+ community represents “deviant structures” and a “virus of heresy.”
In the run-up to Sunday’s (...)
, by Al-OMAR Asmaa, CARRIE Shawn
Government pressure leaves agency silent despite claims of forced returns of LGBT refugees and others under police crackdown.
A Syrian with a gentle voice, and all her identity documents in order, Ward thought she could convince doctors in Istanbul, where she lived, to see her boyfriend, (...)
, by ÖZKAZANÇ Alev
Having been inspired by the great victory of the opposition against Islamist AKP in Istanbul municipal elections in 23 June 2019, several municipalities dared to show solidarity with Gay Pride in the following week. That a public office declared an open support for the Pride was something (...)
, by MAGID Pesha, NEUMANN Laura
In a country where anti-gay violence is often excused as unjust provocation, a fatal shooting has raised fresh fears
Bahar (not her real name) looks at a photo of Simge Avcı on her phone. Photograph: Laura Neumann
Simge Avcı loved practical jokes, says her roommate Bahar, recalling how her (...)
, by KAOS GL, McCORMICK Joseph Patrick, Pink Life
The Turkish capital city Ankara has banned all LGBT events, citing “public sensitivity”. The move comes a few days after a German gay film festival was banned from taking place in the city.
Any exhibitions, public performances, cultural events and cinema relating to LGBT people, have been banned (...)
, by HURTAS Sibel
Two court cases of “gay honor killings” in Turkey reveal a similar pattern of deep-rooted prejudice and social codes that override even the closest family bonds.
Two months ago, the Bar Association in Diyarbakir, the largest city of Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast, received an application from (...)
, by SHAFAK Elif
The death of the LGBT activist is not a side issue to the dark and turbulent times the country is living through – it is a symptom of them.
In the course of only a couple of months, citizens of Turkey have endured rising political tension, a series of terror attacks, and a horrific coup (...)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Recent military coups in Turkey have led to its instabilities and the suffering of its people. The queer is no exception in facing the difficulties of political instability, not to mention the insecurity brought by physical threat when further enduring discrimination against their sexualities. (...)
, by KAOS GL
Those who came together, in spite of a police barricade in Istanbul against transphobia, said “Trans murders are a political matter. We want to die of natural causes.”
Reactions against trans woman Hande Kader’s murder by burning continue. Led by Istanbul LGBTI Solidarity Association and upon (...)
, by HRW
(New York) - The killing of Ebru Soykan, a prominent transgender human rights activist, on March 10, 2009, shows a continuing climate of violence based on gender identity that authorities should urgently take steps to combat, Human Rights Watch said today. News reports and members of a Turkish (...)
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