Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the AKP, a conservative, Islamic-leaning party, never mentions homosexuality or LGBT people, according to Oztop of Kaos GL. His strategy ...

Elmas is one of 10 LGBT candidates—five of whom represent the HDP—running in Turkey’s local elections on March 30. This robust representation on the ballots of major parties—10 months ...

On Sunday, members of Turkey's LGBT community are to hold a pride parade — if the authorities let them. The parade has been canceled for the last two years, reportedly due to security concerns.

Turkey’s capital has banned all public LGBT events, and this is a major step backward. By Caitlingallagher. November 22, 2017. By Caitlingallagher. November 22, 2017.

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the AKP, a conservative, Islamic-leaning party, never mentions homosexuality or LGBT people, according to Oztop of Kaos GL. His strategy ...

Expat singer and newly minted LGBT icon Liana Georgieva has found her voice. A child of Bulgarian and German parents, the itinerant 26-year-old sauntered to worldwide attention in Turkey four ...

How Erdogan’s win makes Turkey a much more dangerous place to be LGBT+. Some believe the only reason Erdogan has not outright called for a ban on homosexuality is that it would prompt outrage in ...

StudentNation; March 26, 2021; Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights After a newly appointed university official dissolved Bogazici ...

Turkey's capital clamped down further on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender life on Sunday in a move likely to deepen concern among rights advocates. All LGBT events, including cinema, theater ...

The upheavals of autocratic governments that started in North Africa and spread eastward into Asia have been — and are still being — well documented. One nation about which we have heard less ...

Masha Gessen writes about the L.G.B.T. refugees—from Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere—in Turkey who have waited for years for permanent resettlement, enduring hopelessness and hostility ...

Campaign speeches targeting Turkey's LGBT community during last month's election have left some living in constant fear of police raids and even planning to leave the country.