Turkey
Articles and news
- Turkey: Stop Violence Against Transgender People (22/02/2010)
- European Parliament: European Union candidate countries have to respect the rights of LGBT people (12/02/2010)
- Call for action: potential closure of LGBT organisation in Turkey (28/01/2010)
- Report and monitor hate crime - submissions to European and international institutions in 2010
- Statement by ILGA-Europe (29/04/2009)
- Another Struggle: Sexual Identity Politics in Unsettled Turkey
- Sign the petition in support of Lambdaistanbul (20/06/2008)
- Turkish gay group faces closure in Istanbul (13/07/2007)
Resources
- Unsafe Haven: The Security Challenges Facing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Turkey
- Third Party Intervention in the European Court of Human Rights on the case of Kaos GL v Turkey
- Human Rights Violations Against LGBT Individuals in Turkey in 2008
- We Need a Law for Liberation
- European Social Charter -- Submission on Turkey's 14th National Report regarding prohibition of discrimination in employment
- EU-Turkey Contacts
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Rights in Turkey - an overview of issues
International human rights documents:
Turkey has not yet signed Protocol No. 12 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, nor was Turkey not a signatory to the 2007 UN Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
Criminal law:
Consenting same-sex sexual acts are legal.
The age of consent is equal for all sexual acts.
Anti-discrimination:
Sexual orientation is not protected from discrimination on any areas.
Partnership recognition:
Turkey does not provide any legal recognition of same-sex partnerships.
Parenting rights:
Neither joint nor second parent adoption is available to same-sex couples in Turkey.
Law on hate and violence:
Laws on hate and violence do not refer to sexual orientation or gender identity and do not recognise sexual orientation neither gender identity as aggravating factor.
