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LGBTI+ activist İris Mozalar released after arrest over social media posts
LGBTI+ activist İris Mozalar released after arrest over social media posts
Mozalar was arrested for ‘inciting hatred and hostility among the public” due to social media posts opposing attacks on Syrian refugees.
15 July 2024
Exhibition on trans movement’s history in Turkey banned in İstanbul
Exhibition on trans movement’s history in Turkey banned in İstanbul
The venue hosting the exhibition will initiate legal action against the ban.
12 July 2024
LGBTI+ Activist İris Mozalar arrested over social media posts defending refugees
Tuğçe Yılmaz
reports
LGBTI+ Activist İris Mozalar arrested over social media posts defending refugees
LGBTI+ Activist İris Mozalar arrested over social media posts defending refugees
Mozalar is facing charges of "inciting hatred and animosity among the public" due to her posts opposing a recent pogrom attempt targeting Syrian refugees.
11 July 2024 Tuğçe Yılmaz
Trans people in Turkey face housing crisis more intensely amid discrimination and phobia
Toprak Yıldırım
reports
Trans people in Turkey face housing crisis more intensely amid discrimination and phobia
Trans people in Turkey face housing crisis more intensely amid discrimination and phobia
Trans people are faced with unfair rental prices, transphobia from landlords and neighbors and difficulties in pursuing legal recourse, exacerbating the housing crisis.
9 July 2024 Toprak Yıldırım
Pride Month marked by event bans in Turkey
Pride Month marked by event bans in Turkey
Last month saw 23 LGBTI+ activists detained and various events to celebrate the Pride Month banned.
9 July 2024
Detained during Pride Parade, Iranian refugee released from deportation center after a month
Detained during Pride Parade, Iranian refugee released from deportation center after a month
Elyas Torabibaeskendari, who has been residing in Turkey under temporary protection status for 10 years, could face ill-treatment and potentially death sentence in their home country.
31 July 2023 Evrim Kepenek
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
Journalists urge end of restrictions on Pride Month events
Journalists urge end of restrictions on Pride Month events
"We no longer want to report on violence and bans against LGBTI+s!" 154 journalists said in a joint statement.
14 June 2023
LGBTI+ activist acquitted in 2021 Pride Week case
LGBTI+ activist acquitted in 2021 Pride Week case
All 40 people who faced charges in relation to the 2021 Pride Week have now been acquitted.
21 February 2023
Police prevent Boğaziçi Pride March, detain dozens
Police prevent Boğaziçi Pride March, detain dozens
The attack on what would be the ninth Pride March of Boğaziçi University was the latest example of the systematic violence against the LGBTI+s at the school that has been going on for one and a half years.
23 May 2022
Leaflets advising 'stoning LGBTI+s to death' distributed in Turkey's Eskişehir
Leaflets advising 'stoning LGBTI+s to death' distributed in Turkey's Eskişehir
Religious communities are gaining influence in Eskişehir, a city that has been considered a safe space by the LGBTI+ community, said activists.
19 May 2022
‘LGBTI+s severely underrepresented in sexual and reproductive health news'
NEWSLAB REPORT ON TURKEY
‘LGBTI+s severely underrepresented in sexual and reproductive health news'
790 news items on sexual and reproductive health published by the online news portals BirGün, Cumhuriyet, Diken, Evrensel, Gazete Duvar, Sabah, Sözcü, T24, Takvim and Posta have been analyzed for the NewsLabTurkey study.
23 February 2022
Boğaziçi exhibition case: Ministry of Justice defends arrests, cites 'haram' remarks about LGBTI+s
Boğaziçi exhibition case: Ministry of Justice defends arrests, cites 'haram' remarks about LGBTI+s
It was right to arrest two students because of an artwork depicting Kaaba, the ministry has claimed.
19 August 2021
‘We object to Can Candan’s dismissal from Boğaziçi University’
LGBTI+ FAMILY ORGANIZATIONS
‘We object to Can Candan’s dismissal from Boğaziçi University’
In a joint statement, five LGBTI+ family organizations have demanded that academic and documentary filmmaker Can Candan, who has been dismissed by the appointed rector, be reinstated in his job at Boğaziçi University.
22 July 2021
Boğaziçi protests: Police detain 12 students for carrying rainbow flags
Boğaziçi protests: Police detain 12 students for carrying rainbow flags
A Boğaziçi student is under a disciplinary investigation for displaying a rainbow flag during protests. Today, students held a protest against this investigation and 12 of them, including the student in question, were detained for carrying rainbow flags.
25 March 2021
LGBTI+s in Turkey's media: More visibility, more discrimination
KAOS GL REPORT
LGBTI+s in Turkey's media: More visibility, more discrimination
In 2020, only 39 percent of the articles published in the country were considered "rights-based" while 61 percent contained hate speech and anti-LGBTI discrimination, according to Kaos GL's annual report.
22 January 2021
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