Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Religion
Apr 28 2020

Turkish president Erdoğan backs Muslim cleric who claims ‘evil’ homosexuals spread disease: ‘He’s absolutely right’

Ali Erbaş: Turkish cleric who called gays 'evil' escapes investigation

World
Apr 27 2020

Turkish cleric declares that the ‘evil’ of homosexuality ‘brings illness and corrupts generations’

Netflix drama Love 101 has attracted fury in Turkey

Culture
Apr 15 2020

Netflix slammed as ‘Islam’s enemy’ by bigots over rumours of gay character in Turkish teen drama

Turkey: LGBT+ acceptance growing year-on-year in Muslim country

World
Mar 24 2020

LGBT+ acceptance in Turkey, where a majority of the population is Muslim, is at an all-time high

Ajda Ender, a trans woman, has been forced out of her home and unable to work due to threats of transphobic violence against her. (Twitter)

Trans
Jan 13 2020

Trans woman trapped at home for months after threats of having acid hurled in her face

A gay couple were repeatedly targeted by hotel guests. (Stock photo via Elements Envato)

World
Jan 07 2020

Gay men spat on and called ‘p***y boy f*****s’ by straight couple after asking them to stop having loud sex

Exterior of a Phones4U store. (Newscast/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Trans
Oct 25 2019

Phones4U businessman dies in jail while serving sentence for murdering transgender wife

Science and Tech
Sep 28 2019

TikTok censored all positive LGBT content in countries deemed conservative

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JUNE 25: LGBT supporters march towards Taksim Square on June 25, 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey. The 2017 LGBT Pride March was banned by authorities for the third year. Organisers defied the order and people attempted to march to Taksim Square but were met by a heavy police presence and the crowd was dispersed by tear gas and several people were arrested. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Current Affairs
May 09 2019

Turkish university must reverse student Pride march ban, Amnesty says

Community
Apr 20 2019

Court lifts ban on LGBT Pride events in Turkey’s capital city

LGBT refugees feel ‘abandoned’ by UK Home Office

Current Affairs
Apr 15 2019

LGBT refugees feel ‘abandoned’ by UK Home Office

Culture
Sep 14 2018

Turkish TV channel fined for Pink music video featuring gay dancers

Trans
Aug 28 2018

Vigil held for trans woman killed outside her front door in Istanbul

Culture
Aug 06 2018

Turkey won’t return to Eurovision because of LGBT contestants