Turkey

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has a history of making anti-LGBTQ+ remarks, wears a suit and tie as he holds up both his hands while speaking into a microphone

Europe
Jan 14

Turkey’s president attacks ‘perverse’ LGBTQ+ community as he launches ‘Year of the Family’

Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in Queer. (Yannis Drakoulidis/A24)

Film
Nov 08 2024

Daniel Craig’s Queer banned in Turkey as it’s dubbed too sexy for ‘public peace’

Crossing still: a teenage boy asleep on an older woman's shoulder

Film
Jun 26 2024

Crossing is a must-watch trans arthouse drama. Here’s what you need to know

Asia, Turkey, Southern Aegean Coast, Kusadasi, City View. (Marka/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Travel
Jun 25 2024

Is it safe to travel to Turkey if you’re LGBTQ+? Here’s what you need to know

Turkey's President took aim at Eurovision. (Getty)

TV
May 22 2024

Turkey’s president says ‘social corruption’ of Eurovision is a threat to families

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

World
Oct 26 2023

Turkey’s Erdoğan claims LGBTQ+ people threaten the family

The progressive Pride flag flies outside a building, against a bright blue sky.

World
Oct 13 2023

Turkey: 90 per cent of LGBTQ+ people facing digital violence

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has a history of making anti-LGBTQ+ remarks, wears a suit and tie as he holds up both his hands while speaking into a microphone

Europe
Oct 07 2023

Turkey’s Erdogan tells supporters he does not ‘recognise LGBT’ in bizarre speech

President Erdogan

Politics
Sep 22 2023

Turkey’s president Erdoğan doesn’t know what Pride colours are, makes UN complaint anyway

Turkey's media watchdog has approved an anti-LGBTQ+ advert for broadcast.

News
Sep 07 2023

Turkey media watchdog approves anti-LGBTQ+ advert for broadcast

Miguel Alvaro with blonde hair smiles and looks into the camera

World
Jul 21 2023

Man jailed in Turkey for 20 days just because he ‘looked gay’

Pride
Jun 27 2023

Hundreds detained at banned Pride marches in Turkey: ‘They are aware of our strength’

istanbul pride 2023

Pride
Jun 25 2023

More than 60 people detained at Istanbul Pride as thousands defy ban to march

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan votes at a polling station for the presidential and parliamentary elections, in Istanbul. (UMIT BEKTAS / POOL / AFP) (Photo by UMIT BEKTAS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Europe
May 29 2023

Turkey’s president Erdoğan uses election victory speech to take aim at ‘LGBT forces’