Following the 2023 earthquake in Turkey, LGBTQ+ survivors faced severe discrimination, struggling to access vital services like housing and healthcare. Stigma, particularly for those with HIV, has ...

“They also lead to LGBT and other movements gaining ground.” “In such an environment, population loss is inevitable,” he added. Turkey’s annual population growth rate dropped from 2.53% ...

Criticism of LGBT is immediately silenced ... Despite its low profile in Turkey, the LGBTQ+ community has emerged as one of the main targets of the government and its supporters in recent years.

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Turkey's president has lashed out at the country's LGBT movement amid a wave of student protests. Recep Tayyip Erdogan praised the youth wing of his ruling AK Party for carrying the "glorious ...

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It wasn’t always this way. It is legal to be gay in Turkey — the nation’s predecessor, the Ottoman Empire, decriminalised sodomy back in 1858. The Ottomans were notorious for not discriminating based ...

Arsham Parsi is the executive director at the International Railroad for Queer Refugees, an organization that provides guidance, food and shelter to LGBTQ refugees living in Turkey who are ...

Criticism of LGBT is immediately silenced, just like the legitimate criticisms of Zionism. Anyone who defends nature and the family is subject to heavy oppression.” Despite its low profile in Turkey, ...

including the portrayal of the LGBTQ movement as part of a foreign conspiracy aimed at undermining Turkey. "It is our common responsibility to protect our children and youth from harmful trends ...

ISTANBUL (AP) — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan marked the launch of Turkey’s “Year of the Family” on Monday with an attack on the LGBTQ+ community and the announcement of measures to boost ...