Kaos GL [News]

By Dorian Jones
Istanbul
16 April 2008

At this year's Istanbul International Film Festival, one of the major attractions is A Jihad for Love, a documentary about a taboo subject: homosexuality in Islamic countries. Homosexuality is strictly banned in most interpretations of the Koran. This is the first time the film is being screened in a Muslim country. For VOA, Dorian Jones reports from the festival.

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April 22, 2008

A police raid on a Turkish human rights organization is the latest incident in an escalating pattern of harassment of gay rights groups, Human Rights Watch said on April 16, 2008.
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March 1, 2008
Turkish Daily News
Orhan Kemal Cengiz

Turkish society is quite “macho;” it is very masculine. Feminine behaviors in men are not welcomed at all.
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January 31 2008
PinkNews.co.uk

The closing of Lambda would be a devastating blow for the European LGBT emancipation movement.

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Agence France Presse
Sibel Utku Bila
January 22, 2008

A unique play in an Ankara theater ended with a standing ovation last week as the little-known actors - transsexuals and gays raising their voice against discrimination - fought back their tears on stage.
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Third International Anti-Homophobia Meeting
Ankara, Turkey
May 12-19, 2008.

As Kaos GL Association, we are organizing the Third International Anti-Homophobia Meeting which will take place in Ankara on May 12-19, 2008.


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December 8, 2007
Turkish Daily News, NAZLAN ERTAN

As young journalists eager to get our news onto the front page, we used to joke that certain words would guarantee headlines: Sex, guns, diplomatic/political/police scandal. Our formula was simple – the more “s”es in a headline, the higher its visibility on the front page: “A secret telegram” might be front page, but “Sex Scandal” was better. “Sex scandal in the police force” was certainly headline material.

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December 4, 2007
Pink News, Gemma Pritchard

Progress reports released by the European Commission last month show improvements in the monitoring of LBGT rights in countries looking to join the European Union.

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October 16, 2007

The following is a Human Rights Watch press release:

Turkey: End Legal Action Against Gay Rights Group
Attempt to Close Lambda Istanbul Endangers Basic Freedoms

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October 19, 2007
PinkNews.co.uk

Efforts by Turkish officials to close one of the country's leading LGBT organisations will have to wait until next year as a judge has ordered that legal experts compile a report.

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