Tag: Turkey
Report Shows Improvement in Handling of LGBTI Refugees Amid Increasing Hostility in Turkey
Organisation for Refuge, Asylum & Migration (ORAM), a U.S.-based non-profit organisation that helps refugees fleeing sexual and gender-based violence worldwide, issued a new report showing significant progress in how the UN Refugee Agency treats lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) refugees in Turkey, and urging the government of Turkey to curb the increasing anti-LGBTI violence there.
Transsexual seeks ruling party nomination in Turkey’s İzmir
Following the naming of transsexual Öykü Özen as a candidate nominee from the main opposition, another transsexual has applied to run for Parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP.
Turkish Government still blocks LGBT websites
One of Turkey’s LGBT Internet communities, hadigayri.com, have been blocked by the Turkish government again, Telecommunication Directorate (TIB), just because it’s a LGBT community.
Turkish goverment has blocked gay community
If you have been watching CNN International lately, the Turkish government runs an ad to get businesses to invest in Turkey. But who wanna invest in a country that ignore LGBT-rights ? Turkish government have just blocked Turkey’s biggest and only gay community site.
Turkey and Montenegro: LGBT rights part of EU accession conditions
March 9, 2011, the European Parliament adopted two resolutions on Turkey and Montenegro’s progress towards joining the European Union. The Parliament said that more steps are required to bring the two countries in line with EU standards in the field of non‑discrimination.
Turkish gay site under DDOS attack
Turk Gay Club has more then 34500 members, and is now under DDOS attacks by Turkish Government supported hackers groups according to our friends at Turk Gay Club. Turkish Government is well known for that they aren’t supportive of the Turkish LGBT community.