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Group condemns İstanbul exhibition for 'displaying LGBTI+ propaganda, nudity'
Group condemns İstanbul exhibition for 'displaying LGBTI+ propaganda, nudity'
The exhibition was opened under the auspices of the opposition-led İstanbul Municipality.
27 June 2023
LGBTI+ 'tea gathering' banned in İstanbul
PRIDE MONTH
LGBTI+ 'tea gathering' banned in İstanbul
The "Tea&Talk" events have been attended by English speakers in İstanbul for years.
16 June 2023
bianet staff expresses solidarity with LGBTI+ community against attacks in Pride Month
bianet staff expresses solidarity with LGBTI+ community against attacks in Pride Month
"We will continue to wield our pen in support of the hard-fought rights of LGBTI+s," the staff said in a video message.
15 June 2023
SPoD: Constitutional amendments proposed will result in large-scale violations of rights
SPoD: Constitutional amendments proposed will result in large-scale violations of rights
"A constitution calling LGBTI people perverted will not be limited to this. It will bring other discriminative regulations with it and discrimination will be institutionalized," says the chairperson of SPoD.
6 January 2023
'Family' amendment in Constitution is 'hate politics hidden behind stating the obvious' says activist
'Family' amendment in Constitution is 'hate politics hidden behind stating the obvious' says activist
Lawyer and activist Birdal reminds that provisions concerning marriage are applied to individuals registered as women or men in their identity documents already in Türkiye and says "this move amounts to showing their teeth to LGBTI+ people."
30 November 2022 Ece Deniz
Anti-LGBTI+ rallies continue across Türkiye as Erdoğan pushes for constitutional amendment
Anti-LGBTI+ rallies continue across Türkiye as Erdoğan pushes for constitutional amendment
Hundreds gathered in an anti-LGBTI+ rally in İzmir while the president reiterated his intentions to amend the Constitution "to protect the family."
7 November 2022
Police attack Pride Parade and detain 373 people
30TH İSTANBUL PRIDE WEEK
Police attack Pride Parade and detain 373 people
Hundreds of LGBTI+ activists have been detained at İstanbul's Pride Parade, 30 of them were under the age of 18. The Pride Parade has been banned in the city since 2015.
27 June 2022 Evrim Kepenek,Tuğçe Yılmaz
Joint statement by LGBTI+ groups against ban on İstanbul Pride Week
Joint statement by LGBTI+ groups against ban on İstanbul Pride Week
"We refuse to be ashamed, forgotten, to abandon, lose, and step back. We do not consent to our history, present and future being taken away from us with hate speech, targeting, bans and threats," said the groups.
22 June 2022
Ban on Pride March at METU
Ban on Pride March at METU
METU rector has banned the Pride Parade to be held on June 10 with a warning saying "all kinds of security measures will be undertaken" if there will be students participating in the march.
7 June 2022
Police prevent gathering for Pride Month in İstanbul, detain 11 people
Police prevent gathering for Pride Month in İstanbul, detain 11 people
A group of LGBTI+ activists wanted to read out a statemet for the press in Kadıköy. Hundreds of police officers were deployed to prevent the gathering.
6 June 2022 Tuğçe Yılmaz
Turkey again second-worst country for LGBTI+s in Europe
Turkey again second-worst country for LGBTI+s in Europe
For the last four years, Turkey ranks 48th in ILGA Europe's Rainbow Index, surpassing only Azerbaijan.
12 May 2022
Canal İstanbul: What if the opposition takes over before it's completed?
PAST WEEK IN TURKEY
Canal İstanbul: What if the opposition takes over before it's completed?
Opposition tries to dissuade potential financiers of Canal İstanbul • Turkey is officially out of İstanbul Convention • Erdoğan makes false claims on Covid vaccination • Covid reopening with "silence after midnight"
4 July 2021 Volga Kuşçuoğlu
Parliamentary question on 'sexually assaulted' LGBTI+ prisoner in Eskişehir
Parliamentary question on 'sexually assaulted' LGBTI+ prisoner in Eskişehir
Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Züleyha Gülüm has submitted a parliamentary question regarding the reports on sexual assault against LGBTI+ prisoner Memiş Akbaş.
1 July 2021
İzmir Bar under investigation for criticizing religious affairs head's LGBTI+phobic remarks
İzmir Bar under investigation for criticizing religious affairs head's LGBTI+phobic remarks
"You will not be able to silence the voice of the İzmir Bar Association with investigations, trials and penalties," the bar association has said.
1 July 2021
İstanbul governor bans LGBTI+ Pride March again
İstanbul governor bans LGBTI+ Pride March again
As the Pride March has been banned for the seventh consecutive year, LGBTI+s say they will defy the ban and "find one another on the streets."
24 June 2021
METU students keep watch for campus stairs in rainbow colors
METU students keep watch for campus stairs in rainbow colors
The students of Middle East Technical University have put up tents and started keeping watch near the campus stairs that they painted in rainbow colors so that the METU administration will not paint over them again.
26 April 2021
‘We will keep on painting everywhere in colors’
RAINBOW FROM METU TO BOĞAZİÇİ
‘We will keep on painting everywhere in colors’
The Rector’s Office of METU has launched an investigation against the students who painted the stairs at the campus in rainbow colors. But why do the students paint the stairs? What do they want? Will they continue? They have spoken to bianet.
22 April 2021 Dilek Şen
‘LGBTI+ existence won’t disappear just because Turkey withdraws from convention’
YILDIZ TAR AND HATİCE DEMİR
‘LGBTI+ existence won’t disappear just because Turkey withdraws from convention’
Kaos GL Association Media Coordinator Yıldız Tar and SPoD Association Legal Advisor lawyer Hatice Demir have spoken to bianet about the impacts of Turkey’s withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention on LGBTI+s in the country.
22 March 2021 Evrim Kepenek
2020 saw an increase in anti-LGBTI+ rhetoric, says ILGA-Europe Review
2020 saw an increase in anti-LGBTI+ rhetoric, says ILGA-Europe Review
“A great number of hate speech incidents and campaigns took place again this year. In some instances, government or public figures blamed LGBT people or gay men for the pandemic, and for spreading other illnesses,” says the report about Turkey.
17 February 2021
University LGBTI+ groups: We existed yesterday, we will exist tomorrow
BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY PROTESTS
University LGBTI+ groups: We existed yesterday, we will exist tomorrow
Published in Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian and English, statement reads, “The decision which the Boğaziçi trustee rector unlawfully took to close the LGBTI+ Studies Club revealed the attitude of the government and so-called rector towards LGBTl+s.”
8 February 2021
Twitter flags two more tweets by Minister Soylu about Boğaziçi protesters, LGBTI+s
Twitter flags two more tweets by Minister Soylu about Boğaziçi protesters, LGBTI+s
The platform has found that the minister's posts violated its rules about hateful conduct and abusive behavior.
6 February 2021
EU condemns high-level officials’ hate speech against LGBTI+s
BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY PROTESTS
EU condemns high-level officials’ hate speech against LGBTI+s
Amid Boğaziçi University protests, EU Spokesperson Stano says, “Hate speech displayed by high-level officials against LGBTI students during these events and the closing of a LGBTI association is unacceptable.”
5 February 2021
Soylu finds it 'fascistic' to say, 'You have appointed a trustee rector'
BOĞAZIÇİ UNIVERSITY PROTESTS
Soylu finds it 'fascistic' to say, 'You have appointed a trustee rector'
Minister of Interior Soylu has commented on the ongoing protests against the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University. “LGBT is not compatible with any values of Turkey. It is something completely marketed and presented by the West,” he has argued.
3 February 2021
Boğaziçi University’s LGBTI+ Studies Club closed by the appointed rector
ANNOUNCED BY PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
Boğaziçi University’s LGBTI+ Studies Club closed by the appointed rector
Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun has shared a decision with the signature of rector Melih Bulu and announced that Boğaziçi University’s LGBTI Studies Candidate Club has been closed, arguing that the protests are “about it all.”
2 February 2021
‘LGBT youth’ statement by President Erdoğan
‘LGBT youth’ statement by President Erdoğan
“We are content with the current executives of the CHP. We are also content with the CHP Chair, who makes a blunder every week. We are faced with a competitor that we cannot find no matter how much we crave for,” says Erdoğan about the main opposition.
1 February 2021
‘There is no crime, but a show for political purposes’
ATTORNEY OF BOĞAZİÇİ STUDENTS
‘There is no crime, but a show for political purposes’
Levent Pişkin, the attorney of arrested Boğaziçi University students: “This investigation is legally null and void. I say ‘legally’ because there was no warrant for detention or seizure in the file. The work subject to the investigation is not there, either.”
1 February 2021 Ruken Tuncel
Two Boğaziçi University students arrested, two placed under house arrest
TARGETED BY RECTOR, STATE OFFICIALS
Two Boğaziçi University students arrested, two placed under house arrest
Taken into custody over a picture on display in an exhibition at the South Campus as part of the ongoing protests against the appointed rector, two students of Boğaziçi University have been arrested for “degrading or inciting the public to enmity or hatred.”
31 January 2021
LGBTI+s targeted in 1,476 hate news in Turkey in 2020
KAOS GL REPORT
LGBTI+s targeted in 1,476 hate news in Turkey in 2020
Kaos GL Association monitored discriminatory remarks and hate speech about LGBTI+s in 2020. According to the report, a total of 1,476 hate speech items and discriminatory remarks were published in Turkey’s newspapers last year.
7 January 2021
Men kill 24 women in December
MALE VIOLENCE MONITORING REPORT DECEMBER 2020
Men kill 24 women in December
Men inflicted violence on at least 61 women and killed at least two children in December. Abusing at least eight children, including boys, men harassed at least 11 women and forced at least 43 women to sex work.
6 January 2021 Evrim Kepenek
LGBTI+ family groups denounce age restriction on 'rainbow-themed products'
LGBTI+ family groups denounce age restriction on 'rainbow-themed products'
The Ministry of trade has imposed an "18 plus restriction" on LGBTI+ products sold online to "protect children's development."
10 December 2020
Turkey imposes age restriction on LGBTI+, rainbow-themed products
Turkey imposes age restriction on LGBTI+, rainbow-themed products
The new restriction has been imposed to "protect children's development."
9 December 2020
Turkey responds to UN letter about LGBTI+s without mentioning them
Turkey responds to UN letter about LGBTI+s without mentioning them
UN officials had asked questions to Turkey about discrimination against LGBTI+s.
5 October 2020
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