Tag: Turkey
Turkish transgender actor called to army
Turkish transgender actor Rüzgar Erkoçlar was called to perform his military service after undergoing gender reassignment surgery.
Turkey’s gay groups sound alarm over separate prisons plan
Gay rights groups in Turkey expressed alarm Tuesday at a government-led project to build prisons only for criminals who declare themselves gay, saying it would lead to more discrimination in a largely homophobic country.
Hate crime narrowly defined in Turkey’s democratization package
Turkey’s much-waited ‘democratization package’ contains a ‘narrow’ definition of hate crime by not including provisions for those targetted due to their sexual orientation and ethinic identity.
New EU accession reports: LGBT rights in South-Eastern Europe and Turkey
The European Commission’s annual reports on accession countries were published yesterday, and include important and extensive information on the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in those 8 countries.
Turkey’s Democracy Reform Package fails LGBT citizens
At the end of last month, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented a ‘Democracy reform package’, including constitutional reforms, an anti-discrimination bill and a proposal for an amendment to hate crime and hate speech law.
Transgendered woman stabbed to death in Aegean province
A 24-year-old transgender individual was found stabbed to death at her home in the Kuşadası district of the Aegean province of Aydın on July 9.