DEMET
DEMIR WINS IGLHRC AWARD
Demet's
speech
REPORT
ON ULKER SOKAK
Update
report from Lambda Istanbul on Ulker Sokak
THE
NIGHTMARE OF HOMOSEXUALS IN CIHANGIR IS BACK
Press
cuttings from Turkish daily Hürriyet
AI
AND TURKISH VIOLENCE AGAINST TRANSVESTITES
Extract
of an Amnesty International Report
HARASSMENT OF TRANSVESTITES & TRANSSEXUALS
AT HABITAT II
Turkish
Police Forces
set a transvestites flat on fire in the center of the city on
fire
during Habitat II in June 1996
TURKEY TURNS ON ITS DECADENT PAST
The
Guardian's report on the human rights violations
the transvestites and transsexuals of Istanbul faced during the
UN Summit Meeting on Human Settlements Habıtat II
which took place in Istanbul in June 1996
THE FIRST GAY AND LESBIAN FESTIVAL IN TURKEY
The
first gay and lesbian festival is planned by Lambda, Istanbul.
But...
LESBIAN AND GAY FESTIVAL BANNED
The
festival was banned by Istanbul Governor
who claimed the festival was against the moral values of the
Turkish society.
TURKISH GAYS AND LESBIANS
GET PUBLISHING SPACE IN WEEKLY EXPRESS
The
political weekly "Express" now includes a
gay&lesbian page
TURKISH TOWN BANS SAME-SEX KISSING
Man-to-Man
kissing is now forbidden in Adana, a southern city of Turkey
TURKISH COURT SAYS LESBIAN MOTHERS HAVE SICK
BEHAVIOUR
The Supreme Court
defined the lesbian mother as
"a woman who has a (sexual) habit in the degree of
sickness".
TURKISH PARLAIMENT OUTED
"Kanal
6", a mainstream TV channel in Turkey
announced they would out gay Members of the Parliament...
TURKEY HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES, 1993
The
first attempt to organize a pride event in Istanbul was banned...
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