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17 May 2013
Turkey urged to broadcast Eurovision following TV station cancellation over lesbian kiss 14 Turkey's official television station has been urged by human rights groups to broadcast the final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, following reports that it had cancelled the broadcast due to a lesbian kiss by Finland's act on Thursday.
26 April 2013
Vladimir Putin: Russia may change its law to stop foreign gay couples from adopting our orphans 8 Russian President Vladimir Putin, has confirmed reports that the country may change its agreements for the foreign adoption of Russian children, in the light of France legalising equal marriage, to prevent gay, married couples from adopting.
21 March 2013
Row between Netherlands and Turkey over lesbian foster couple overshadows prime ministerial visit 23 Dutch PM Mark Rutte has rejected an appeal by his Turkish counterpart for ministerial-level talks over the case of a boy taken from his Turkish parents in the Netherlands and placed in the foster care of a lesbian couple.
15 March 2013
Dutch lesbian foster couple go into hiding with son after Turkish protests 11 A Dutch lesbian couple has gone into hiding with their foster son after the boy's biological parents went on television in Turkey and said that they consider the pair morally unfit to take care of their child.
25 February 2013
Turkish actor: ‘Gender reassignment was my choice and now I’m free’ 24 A Turkish trans man actor has come out, discussing his decision to undergo gender reassignment surgery and his experiences prior, saying that he now feels "free" and like he has been "born again".
18 February 2013
Turkey: Children fostered by European gay couples will be retrieved 34 The Turkish Human Rights Commission has said that Turkish children fostered by gay European couples should be returned to their families or given to Turkish couples instead.
10 January 2013
Turkish newspaper calls gay people ‘dirty deviants’ after student protest 14 A nationalistic newspaper in Turkey, Yeni Akit (The New Covenant) has described gay people as 'dirty' and 'deviants'.
28 December 2012
Turkish gay fashion designer receives bloody nose in Istanbul attack 26 Gay rights activists in Turkey have condemned the attack on gay fashion designer Barbaros Şansal.
21 December 2012
Ex-Chelsea footballer: Me homophobic? Have you seen my hairstyle! 24 Despite facing an 11-match ban for spitting and for anti-gay behaviour, ex-Chelsea Portuguese midfielder Raul Meireles claims he can’t be homophobic, due to his hairstyle.
29 November 2012
Turkish LGBT campaigner to receive David Kato award 2 Ali Erol, an LGBT activist in Turkey has been honoured with this year’s David Kato award, which was set up in memory of the gay Ugandan campaigner who was murdered in 2011.
26 November 2012
Turkey: Homosexuality to join murder as a reason for army expulsion 30 Gay men will be discharged from the Turkish army as a punishment for their "lifestyle choices," it has been reported.
21 November 2012
France: ‘Mosque for gays’ with mixed prayer groups to be opened in Paris 37 A mosque aimed specifically at gay people, and which would provide mixed gender prayer groups, is set to open in Paris at the end of November.
17 September 2012
Canadian government criticises Iran on gay rights 12 In a swipe at Iran, Canada’s Justice Minister Jason Kenney says the country is determined to promote gay rights on the international stage.
6 September 2012
Turkey: Gay teenager allegedly murdered by father and uncle 33 According to Hurriyet Daily News, the killing took place in the south eastern province of Diyarbakir last month.
18 July 2012
Turkey: ‘Twenty year old’ anti-gay stabbing circulates as news after paper goes online 3 The killing of a gay Turkish man by his teenage brother, believed to have happened twenty years ago, has circulated internationally as news after a Turkish website digitised its archives and placed them online this month.
13 July 2012
Petition launched to address Turkish ‘honour killings’ 9 A petition has been started to lobby Turkey's president to address the 'honour killings' of gay and transgender people in his country.
2 April 2012
Potential new EU member states told to improve gay and trans laws 13 Last week, the European Parliament adopted its annual enlargement progress reports for Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo.
26 March 2012
Conscripts to Turkish army must ‘prove’ they’re gay for exemption from military service 44 Young gay Turkish men are being forced to "prove" their sexual orientation to avoid compulsory military service.
23 February 2012
Kurdish gay rights group hacked on Facebook 10 An extremist Turkish Nationalist hacking group called “Ayyıldız Tim” hacked the Facebook page of Hebûn, the Kurdish LGBT Association based in Diyarbakir, this weekend.
10 February 2012
Video: Turkish parents’ appeal for anti-homophobia film 2 A support group for the families of gay and trans people in Turkey is appealing for funds to finish a documentary on the experiences of parents.

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