Tag: turkey
Turkey: Mother of gay murdered boy screams ‘I would have killed him myself’
A father in Turkey has been jailed for killing his gay son – but the mother seems rather more concerned on how his sexuality brought shame on the family. Seventeen-year-old Rosin Çiçek was found beaten, bloody and with a bullet wound in his head at the side of the road in a Turkish town on… Read more »
Dad, who killed his gay son, jailed for life
A Turkish court has found a father and two uncles guilty over the manslaughter of a 17-year-old teen A father who killed his gay son for ‘shaming the family’ is facing life in prison. On 2 July 2012, 17-year-old Rosin Çiçek was found beaten, bloody and with a bullet wound in his head at the… Read more »
Turkey’s gay groups dismayed LGBT abuse not a hate crime
Istanbul(AFP) — Gay rights groups in Turkey voiced dismay Friday that proposed legislation fails to make it a hate crime to target people because of their sexual orientation. “The definition of hate crime must immediately be broadened. The government has to guarantee our right to live,” Ebru Kiranci, an official from Istanbul’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual… Read more »
EC report criticises EU applicants Turkey, Kosovo and Serbia on LGBT rights
A European Commission report detailing the nature of LGBT rights in several countries looking to join the European Union has criticised Macedonia, Montenegro and Turkey. The reports show that LGBT people continue to face discrimination, threats and violence throughout south-eastern European and Turkey. Widespread hate crime against LGBT people were noted in Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia,… Read more »
The Hospital’s Exam on Trans
Voltrans Transmen Initiative founding member Ali Arikan passed away last night after battling cancer. I have been in the hospital for about a month and a half now; my bowels do not function because of the pressure from cancerous cells in the peritoneum. I am getting chemo, they give me lots of drugs so that… Read more »
Turkish Court Decides People Need Protection From Gay Dating
A Turkish court has issued a ban on popular gay dating and hook-up app and website Grindr, demonstrating Turkey’s apparently conflicted stance on wider human rights issues. For those not in the know, Grindr is a free iPhone app and website that allows gay, bisexual and “curious” men to connect online. Due to its use… Read more »
Turkey to become second majority Muslim nation to protect sexual minorities from discrimination
Turkey’s Constitutional Consensus Committee agreed Monday that sexual orientation be added to a section of a draft new constitution – which if passed would make it only the second majority Muslim country to protect sexual minorities Turkey looks set to join Albania as one of only two majority Muslim nations to protect sexual minorities from… Read more »
Gay Muslims in Turkey: torn between religion and sexuality
“When I was a child, I was told that homosexuals would burn in hell,” said Ertugrul, a Muslim fighting for greater freedom for gays in a country where homosexuality remains taboo. Ertugrul, who did not want to give his last name, is president of the group Muslims and Gays, which he says wants to “break… Read more »
When IGLHRC honored Turkish parliamentarian Dr. Binnaz Toprak and activist Yasemin Öz
Friends, When IGLHRC honored Turkish parliamentarian Dr. Binnaz Toprak and activist Yasemin Öz with our annual human rights awards in May, we could not have predicted the turbulent events that would ensue there in the weeks to come. While Dr. Toprak and Yasemin visited the U.S., we held meetings with the Turkish Ambassador to the… Read more »
Istanbul gay pride supported by tens of thousands of Gezi park protestors
Tens of thousands people joined Istanbul gay pride, including Gezi park protestors in a march of unity and solidarity demanding change Tens of thousands people joined Istanbul gay pride, including Gezi park protestors in a march of unity and solidarity demanding change LGBT rights activists and demonstrators were joined by Gezi Park protestors in an… Read more »
Protests Squelched, Gay Rights March Brings Many in Turkey Back to the Streets
Istanbul — Not long after a security crackdown smothered the antigovernment protests that convulsed Turkey for weeks, thousands of people took to the streets of Istanbul again on Sunday, this time for a march to demand better treatment and equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. When the first gay rights parade was… Read more »
Turkey: Father who murdered son for being gay pleads guilty
A Turkish man who murdered his son for being gay pleaded guilty but said it was ‘an accident’ A Turkish man from Diyarbakir who murdered his son for being gay pleaded guilty but said it was ‘an accident’ A man who killed his son for being gay in the Kurdish province of Diyarbakir, Turkey, pleaded… Read more »
Main opposition urges protection of LGBT’s, ruling party calls them ‘immoral’
As many countries discuss granting gay marriages, the Turkish Parliament tackled for the first time May 29 the discrimination faced by lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people (LGBT), a sensitive issue long ignored by politicians. The initiative came from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), which submitted an inquiry proposal regarding the problems of… Read more »
‘The Other’ and LGBT Rights in Turkey
In 2009, Dr. Binnaz Toprak, then a professor of political science at Bogaziçi University in Istanbul, authored a report titled “Being Different in Turkey: Religion, Conservatism and Otherization.” The report, jointly published with the Open Society Foundation in Turkey, demonstrated how the conservative religious politics of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) had intensified… Read more »
Anti-Homophobia Meeting to Talk About “Peace”
Kaos GL will focus on the issue of “peace” during this year’s International Anti-Homophobia Meeting. Held in the week of May 17th every year, the 8th meeting will celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. Forums and Conferences Will be on May 17th and 18th Kaos GL, a strong proponent of peace all the… Read more »
Turkish LGBT activist Yasemin Oz wins human rights award
Lawyer Oz, who has been active in LGBT rights for 18 years, wins the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission’s Felipa de Souza Award Yasemin Oz, who has campaigned for LGBT-rights in Turkey since the mid-1990s, is being honored with a human rights award. The Felipa de Souza Award, given by the International Gay… Read more »
Police break into homes and arrest 20 trans women in Istanbul
On the night before International Women’s Day, the homes of trans women was broken into by police on suspicion of ‘providing space for sex work’ On the night before International Women’s Day, police officers in Istanbul arrested and harassed 20 transgender women. Around 4pm yesterday (7 March), police officers broke down their doors with sledgehammers… Read more »
Turkey: Children fostered by European gay couples will be retrieved
A campaign has been launched by the Turkish Government to retrieve Turkish children fostered by Christian families in Europe – starting with children fostered by gay and lesbian couples. According to the Hurriyet Daily, the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag has instructed Turkish international representatives to start the process in the cases of three… Read more »
59 Deputies From Republican People’s Party (CHP) Request LGBT Rights Inquiry
Republican People’s Party (CHP) requested an inquiry yesterday from the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM) to find solutions for the problems of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. The request for the inquiry was prepared by Istanbul deputy of CHP, Binnaz Toprak and signed by 59 CHP deputies, including Toprak. CHP demanded legal protection… Read more »
Turkey progress report slammed – no progress for gay rights
Turkish activists claim: Turkey’s own progress report to the European Union ignores repeated critique of the country’s failure to protect LGBT people Activists slammed Turkey’s progress report to the European Union (EU), saying it totally ignores the EU’s recommendations regarding LGBT rights Turkey’s minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis said the report… Read more »
Turkey progress report slammed – no progress for gay rights
Turkish activists claim: Turkey’s own progress report to the European Union ignores repeated critique of the country’s failure to protect LGBT people Activists slammed Turkey’s progress report to the European Union (EU), saying it totally ignores the EU’s recommendations regarding LGBT rights Turkey’s minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis said the report… Read more »
Celebrity gay fashion designer brutally attacked in Turkey
One of Turkey’s most celebrated fashion designers and a gay activist was brutally attacked in Istanbul Celebrity Turkish gay fashion designer, Barbaros Sansal, was seriously beaten last night (27 December) in Istanbul, Turkey. Sansal is well known in Turkey for being an outspoken gay activist and for his use of witty language. According to daily… Read more »
Resistance… Resilience… Equal Rights
for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people around the world. As part of Pride celebrations in 2012, Turkish protestors demanded their rights: “We are here, get used it!,” “Sexual Orientation in the Constitution,” and “Sexual Identity in the Constitution.” In October 2012, together with two Turkish LGBT organizations, we prepared and submitted a shadow report… Read more »
Voice & Vision 2013 Award Recipient
Turkish activist recipient of 2013 David Kato Vision & Voice Award Johannesburg – The 2013 David Kato Vision & Voice Award has been awarded to Ali Erol: a leading lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) activist in Turkey. The award will be announced at the International Planned Parenthood Federation’s 60th anniversary celebrations in South… Read more »
2013 David Kato Vision and Voice Award
AIDS-Free World’s Maurice Tomlinson, recipient of the 2012 David Kato Vision and Voice Award, delivered this speech in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the ceremony honoring the 2013 recipient of the award. Access changes attitudes. This is true of any civil rights struggle. If you are not at the table, you can’t challenge the hateful rhetoric… Read more »
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