Turkey
ILGA-Europe Annual Review
Legal summary
ILGA-Europe members
- Black Pink Triangle Izmir Association - Siyah Pembe Üçgen İzmir
- Gay & Lesbian to socialize and Rehabilitation - GLSRS
- Kaos GL
- Lambdaistanbul LGBT Solidarity Association
- LİSTAG - Families of LGBTs in Istanbul
- Pink Life Association LGBTT Solidarity
- Social Policies, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association - SPOD
Pride Events
Events
- Let’s meet at the 2nd International Feminist Forum!
- 4th Regional Network Meeting in Ankara, on March 12-15
- Symposium Against Discriminations During the Human Rights Week
- 7th International Meeting Against Homophobia
- Pink Life QueerFest
- Conference on Combatting Transphobic Hatred
- Sex Work and Human Rights Symposium
- Trans Remembrance Conference
ILGA-Europe news and articles
- European Committee on Social Rights finds Turkey in breach of its obligations under the European Social Charter (26/02/2013)
- Human Rights Leaders Urge Turkish Government to Drop Charges against Transgender Activists (02/11/2011)
- Joint media release - Drop Charges Against Transgender Rights Defenders (18/10/2010)
- ILGA-Europe's statement on the recent incident of police violence against trans activists in Ankara (20/05/2010)
- Amnesty International: Activist group will not be closed for ‘violating Turkish moral values’ (30/04/2010)
- 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)
Resources
- ILGA-Europe's submission to the 2012 Progress Report on Turkey
- Turkish translation of "Make It Work: Six steps to effective LGBT human rights advocacy", 2011
- ILGA-Europe Annual Review 2011 on Turkey
- Turkish translation of the main parts of the report 'Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in Europe'
- ILGA-Europe letter to Commissioner Füle - January 2011
- ILGA-Europe's submission to the 2010 Progress Report on Turkey
- Turkey: Drop Charges Against Transgender Rights Defenders
- Black Pink Triangle court ruling in English April 2010
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14/05/2013
"The Regional Network Against Homophobia" Releases Its First Memorandum!
Submitted by
Kaos GL
02/05/2013
31 PACE Parliamentarians Say "Stop!" to "Undue Provocation" in Turkish Law
Submitted by
Kaos GL
18/04/2013
‘Gay movie’ screening by Amnesty fails to attract some Turkish deputies
Submitted by
LISTAG
28/03/2013
Erdoğan criticizes Rutte over same-sex foster care of Turkish kids
Submitted by
ILGA-Europe
07/03/2013
Lesbians, Bisexual and Trans Women Gave Speeches in the Turkish Parliament
Submitted by
Kaos GL
15/02/2013
Turkish main opposition requests parliamentary inquiry into LGBT community's problems
Submitted by
ILGA-Europe
06/01/2013
Turkey progress report slammed - no progress for gay rights
Submitted by
Stephanie Stevens (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/transgendernews/)
