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Landmark Turkish court ruling: Anti-gay language is not freedom of speech
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Setting an important legal precedent, Istanbul’s Criminal Court on Monday issued a landmark ruling against a religious Turkish newspaper for its use of anti-gay language, saying it illegally offended LGBT people.
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Murdered transgender woman latest victim of anti-LGBT violence in Turkey
AYDIN, Turkey — Police in Aydin, Turkey are investigating the murder of a 24-year-old transgender woman who was stabbed to death at her home on Tuesday.
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Turkey rejects call to censor media coverage of gay pride as ‘pornographic’
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkey’s media regulator has rejected a demand by influential Turkish charities to censor coverage of LGBT events in the country’s media.
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Dutch lesbian couple raising Turkish foster son go into hiding
AMSTERDAM — A Dutch lesbian couple have gone into hiding with their foster son after the boy’s biological parents said on television in Turkey that they object to the pair taking care of their child.
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Turkish Court says gay sex is ‘natural’ in ruling against pornography vendor
ISTANBUL, Turkey — A Turkish Court ruled Monday that that gay sex is “natural,” contradicting a ruling by the country’s Supreme Court of Appeals in a similar case last year.
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Groundbreaking: Turkish parents of gay children make video (Video)
More positive change in Turkey with the news this week that the High Court of Appeals has ordered a newspaper to pay compensation for calling gay people “perverts” in a headline it printed in 2008.
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Turkey’s high court indicts newspaper for insulting LGBT people
Turkey’s High Court of Appeals has ordered the Turkish daily paper Yeni Akit to pay compensation for insulting LGBT people in a headline it printed in 2008, according to a report published by Hürriyet.