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Erdoğan calls child abuse scandal in religious sect an ‘isolated incident’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said a child abuse scandal in a religious sect that came to public attention earlier this month was...

Turkey’s ultranationalist party seeks ban on sex reassignment surgery

The far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), an ally of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is working on legislation that bans sex reassignment...

LGBTI+ rights group takes Ankara ban on gay events to ECtHR

One of the oldest LGBTI+ advocacy groups in Turkey has filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) regarding a ban...

Organizers cancel speech by ‘gay imam’ Mohamed Zahed in İstanbul

A speech that was planned to be given in İstanbul in November by Dr. Ludovic Mohamed Zahed, a French-Algerian imam and scholar of Islam...

Hundreds attend anti-LGBTQ rally in Turkey

Hundreds of people attended an anti-LGBTQ rally Sunday in Istanbul, answering a call from dozens of conservative associations, an AFP photographer reported. Carrying banners with...

42 protestors briefly detained after police break up Pride march in Ankara

Turkish police on Tuesday broke up an LGBTQ+ Pride march in Ankara and briefly detained 42 people, according to a platform representing the activists. Authorities...

526 detained for attending events during Pride Month in Turkey

A total of 526 people, including 34 minors, were detained by police at Pride Month events recently held across Turkey, local media reported on...

Police release nearly 400 detained at İstanbul Pride march

Turkish police have released all of the nearly 400 activists detained during a banned Pride march in İstanbul, Agence France-Presse reported, citing organizers on...

Istanbul neighborhood community center appears in court for allegedly ‘disseminating terrorist and LGBT propaganda’

The Tarlabaşı Community Center (TTM), a neighborhood community center in Istanbul that has been active since 2006, was scheduled to appear in court on...

At least 8 LGBTI+ hate murders occurred in Turkey in 2021: Kaos GL report

A report recently published by Kaos GL, one of the oldest LGBTI+ rights groups in Turkey, has revealed that at least eight hate murders...

Turkish police refuse to help transexual women assaulted in İzmir

A group of transexual women said in an interview that the police refused to help them after an assault by four men in Turkey’s...

Minister says LGBT foundations unable to damage family values despite foreign funding

Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, known for his anti-LGBT statements, has said LGBT foundations in the country are receiving a significant amount of foreign...

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