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Added on: 07/05/2022

Turkey’s media watchdog warns against broadcasting LGBT ballad

07/03/2022

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has contacted all music televisions in Turkey to tell them they should not run the latest video released by Turkish…

Global News

Added on: 06/21/2022

LGBTI event at İstanbul University canceled over threats, 26 students briefly detained.

06/20/2022

A picnic scheduled to take place on the Beyazıt campus of İstanbul University as part of LGBTI Pride Week activities was canceled after it was targeted by…

Global News

Added on: 06/12/2022

Turkish police violently break up LGBT Pride parade at Ankara university

6/11/22

Turkish police attacked a group of students during a LGBT Pride parade at Ankara’s Middle East Technical University on Friday. Turkish police violently attacked students during a…

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Added on: 06/11/2022

Inside Istanbul’s underground queer scene

6/10/22

The month of June officially marks Pride in many countries around the world. Since 2003, Istanbul Pride has taken place in Taksim Square, where participants gather to…

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Added on: 05/22/2022

Turkish police break up LGBTQ pride parade

5/20/22

Police in Turkey broke up an LGBTQ pride parade at one the country’s top public universities and detained all of the participants Friday. Riot police entered Bogazici…

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Added on: 05/22/2022

Turkey’s Alevis to open their houses of worship to LGBTQ funerals

5/20/22

The mood at an ordinary symposium organized by various civic groups in mid-May suddenly took a joyous and emotional turn for Turkey’s LGBTQ individuals after a groundbreaking…

Global News

Added on: 05/21/2022

Turkey’s Alevis to open their houses of worship to LGBTQ funerals

5/20/22

The mood at an ordinary symposium organized by various civic groups in mid-May suddenly took a joyous and emotional turn for Turkey’s LGBTQ individuals after a groundbreaking…

Global News

Added on: 04/13/2022

Turkish prosecutor seeks closure of association for organizing LGBTI event.

04/12/2022

A Turkish prosecutor has launched legal proceedings against an association, seeking its closure in connection with a LGBTI event it organized, the Kronos news website reported on…

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Added on: 03/04/2022

Turkey’s LGBT+ under increasing government pressure, report reveals

03/03/2022

A recent report by the LGBT+ advocacy group KAOS GL has revealed that Turkey’s LGBT+ community is feeling increasingly threatened under the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government. The…

Global News

Added on: 02/12/2022

LGBT rights in eastern Europe: explaining financial benefits makes a big difference to people’s views – new findings

2/9/22

Across eastern Europe, it’s still very difficult to pass laws and policies designed to advance LGBT inclusion. With LGBT+ History Month underway, some Ukrainians are worried that…

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Added on: 01/18/2022

LGBT ACTIVIST DETAINED IN LEBANON, FINALLY ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA

01/17/2022

After fleeing to Turkey from their home country of Jordan in July 2020, LGBTQI activist Alshaima Omama Alzubi has finally arrived in Australia. The 25-year-old Jordanian refugee…

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Added on: 01/07/2022

Turkish court releases two Bogazici students from jail

01/06/2022

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court ruled on Friday to release two students from jail in the first hearing of a broader case over campus protests against…

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Added on: 12/29/2021

Foreign countries funding Turkey’s LGBT organizations – interior minister

12/28/2021

Turkey’s LGBT organizations are being supported by foreign funding, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Tuesday, adding that the strong “Turkish family structure’’ was standing tall despite…

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Added on: 10/09/2021

Turkish court acquits students of organising 2019 gay pride march

10/8/21

Turkey has acquitted 19 people who had been prosecuted for organising and participating in a Pride march. A Turkish court had ruled that the students and academic…

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Added on: 10/02/2021

How violence and abuse drove a transgender migrant back to Pakistan

10/01/2021

Romesa Ahmed, a transgender woman from Pakistan, tells the story of her failed attempt to flee to Europe. Shunned by her family, raped and tortured by those…

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Added on: 09/15/2021

Islamist Backlash Cancels Bulgarian LGBT Star’s Concert in Turkey

09/14/2021

A scheduled performance at the Balkan Fair in Bursa in Turkey by pop-folk singer Vasil Trojanov Boyanov, better known by his stage name Azis, was cancelled on…

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Added on: 08/16/2021

Turkish LGBTQ Activists Counter Oppression With Art, Solidarity and Radical Hope

08/15/2021

Activism came to Hazar Kolancalı like a thunderstorm, at first a rumbling in the distance and then upon her all at once. The constant — and often…

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Added on: 07/29/2021

LGBT Turks Take Stock After Disrupted Pride Celebrations

07/28/2021

ISTANBUL – More than a month after Turkish authorities crushed Pride-themed events in Istanbul, emotions still run raw for members of the country’s embattled LGBT community. “There…

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Added on: 07/15/2021

Erdogan fires university rector after 6 months of student protests

07/14/2021

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday replaced a top Istanbul university rector whose controversial appointment led to months of student-led protests against his rule. Erdogan…

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Added on: 07/08/2021

For Turkey’s LGBT+ community, discrimination said to loom larger

07/06/2021

Cayan Hakiki trimmed their finger nails and scrubbed off the polish last week in order to take Turkish university entrance exams without being hassled, as advocacy groups…

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Added on: 07/04/2021

Discriminatory State Rhetoric Is Threatening Turkey’s LGBTQ+ Community

7/3/21

Among the negative consequences of Recep Erdoğan’s Presidency, his leadership has been harmful to the rights and safety of Turkey’s LGBTQ+ community. For example, in June 2021,…

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Added on: 06/27/2021

Turkey police bash LGBT pride parade in Istanbul

6/26/21

Turkey’s far-right ruling party, which is known for its frequent homophobic remarks, sent its police to attack a peaceful LGBT pride parade in Istanbul on Saturday. Turkey’s…

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Added on: 06/21/2021

Turkey’s ruling coalition demonises LGBT communities to keep support, weaken opposition

06/20/2021

Turkey’s ruling government is agitating against the country’s LGBT community in a bid to rebuild polarise society further for political gain, researcher Tunay Altay wrote in Bianet…

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Added on: 05/17/2021

Turkish media watchdog issues fine over interview with transgender woman

05/16/2021

Turkey’s media watchdog has issued a fine against an internet series for airing a broadcast that featured a trans actress, Duvar English news site reported on Sunday….

Alturi Blog

Added on: 04/26/2021

Turkish Protests: Students, LGBTI, Women, and Democracy in Turkey

Alexander Champeau

Alturi Contributor

Four Months of Protests: LGBTI Protesters, From Bogazici to Now Starting in early January, students at Bogazici University went out into the streets to protest a new…

Global News

Added on: 04/22/2021

Turkish prosecutors seek jail terms for anti-government student protesters

04/21/2021

Turkish prosecutors are seeking prison sentences for 97 people for taking part in one of the country’s biggest anti-government protest movements in years, sparked by the state…

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Added on: 04/18/2021

Turkey’s women’s treaty exit legitimises crimes against women

04/17/2021

Turkey’s withdrawal from a European treaty aimed at protecting women against violence is a major setback with catastrophic consequences for women, Turkish writer Elif Şafak told actress…

Global News

Added on: 04/17/2021

LGBT People Fleeing Harassment in Iran Find Life No Easier in Turkey

4/16/21

For hundreds of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Iranians who fled their homeland because of persecution for who they are, moving to Turkey was not a significant…

Global News

Added on: 04/02/2021

Turkey detains students and supporters over LGBT flags

03/26/2021

Police in Turkey detained dozens of people who assembled outside a courthouse Friday in a show of solidarity with 12 students who were taken into custody for…

Global News

Added on: 04/01/2021

From Rights To Jobs—LBGTQ+ Liberation In The Arab World

03/31/2021

Before the Beirut Port blast last August that killed hundreds and destroyed entire neighborhoods, Lebanon’s economy was already under enormous pressure due to long-standing political challenges and…