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Ataş From HDP Calls to Account for Murdered Trans Women

Ataş From HDP Calls to Account for Murdered Trans Women

Ataş from Peoples’ Democratic Party has brought trans women murders to Parliament.

7 December 2015

"Breaking Taboos"

19. LGBTT PRIDE WEEK

"Breaking Taboos"

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transvestite and transsexual individuals celebrate the 19th Pride Week from 20-26 June in Istanbul. The event kicked off with the second Trans Pride March on Sunday. It comes right after the gay rights resolution passed by the UN Human Rights Council.

21 June 2011 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Violence Caused by Homophobia

TRANSSEXUALS AS VICITMS OF HATE CRIME

Violence Caused by Homophobia

Turkish and foreign politicians discussed violence caused by homophobia in the "Meeting to Commemorate the Trans Individuals who Became Victims of Hate Crime". Turkish politicians criticized the lack of political support for the struggle of LGBTT individuals.

29 November 2010 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

18th LGBTT Pride Week in Istanbul

18th LGBTT Pride Week in Istanbul

LambdaIstanbul hosted the 18th LGBTT Pride Week in Istanbul and took a look at the traditional family concept from "upside down". Organizations, students, families, artists and MPs came together for nine days to discuss their problems, hopes and achievements.

Transsexuals Complain at Prime Ministry about Police Violence

TRANSPHOBIA

Transsexuals Complain at Prime Ministry about Police Violence

About 80 people gathered in Ankara upon the call of the Pink Life Transgender Association. Despite police resistance they managed to hand their petition for redress to the Human Rights Presidency of the Prime Ministry. The petition is concerned with police violence against transvestites and transsexuals and rights violations occurring in the Act on Misdemeanour.

26 October 2009 Bawer Çakır

LGBT Pride Week in Turkey in June

LGBT Pride Week in Turkey in June

The 17th Gay Pride Week will take place in Turkey from 22 to 28 June. The hormone tomato anti-homophobia awards will be presented, and a Gay Pride March will take place in Istanbul.

9 April 2009 Bawer Çakır

AKP Politician Unconcerned with Constitutional Equality for Gays

In the following article, a member of the publishing team of KAOS LG takes issue with an AKP MP's discriminatory attitude towards homosexuals and transsexuals as expressed on television.

26 February 2009 Umut Güner

Court Shows Bias, Dissolves Lambda Istanbul

Human Rights Group Ordered Closed on Procedural Grounds

A Turkish court's decision to disband a human rights organization defending lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people shows that official repression poses a serious threat to democratic rights and freedom of association, Human Rights Watch said today.