The discrimination faced by the LGBT community has convinced the couple to plan to leave Turkey, he said. During the campaign, Erdogan's Islamic-rooted AK Party accused the opposition alliance ...

“What will happen is that people will hide their identities, and that is bad enough.” Turkey, a predominantly Muslim society with a secular state, does not criminalize homosexuality and has ...

ANKARA — Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he did not “recognize LGBT” and vowed to combat “perverse” trends which he said aimed to destroy the institution of family ...

In 2020, the head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate gave an anti-LGBT sermon about the Covid-19 pandemic. For the last two years, university students have been prosecuted for ...

the opposition alliance of six parties has not mentioned LGBT rights, including the right to peaceful assembly. “Both the European Court of Human Rights and Turkey’s own courts have ordered ...

What’s behind the evolution of President Erdogan’s narrative on LGBT issues, and how did Turkey’s Islamic conservatives find common ground with American Evangelicals? President Erdogan ...

She admitted, however, that her thoughts will be with members of her own LGBT community back home in Turkey, who hope they will be able to do the same at their own Pride march. Hayriye Kara is in ...

Posters for Emin Alper’s Kurak Günler (2022) (photo Jennifer Hattam/Hyperallergic) Turkey’s Culture Ministry ... media outlets that dubbed it an “LGBT propaganda film” and riled up ...

“Historically, it has always been an issue for LGBT people to rent a place. With the current housing crisis, they have become more vulnerable,” said Leyla, who also uses they and them pronouns. At ...

The LGBT Asylum Project's clients were met with ... staff includes Director of Operations Kenan Arun, who is from Turkey. "Hate crimes and hate murders from trans people are really high in Turkey ...

ANKARA, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he did not "recognise LGBT" and vowed to combat "perverse" trends which he said aimed to destroy the institution of ...