by admin_HRWF | Feb 5, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
Europe’s leading LGBTI+ rights organisation, ILGA-Europe are alarmed to observe that in the past week the Turkish government has stepped up its systematic attacks on and defamation of LGBTI+ people and calls on President Erdoğan to guarantee the fundamental rights of...
by admin_HRWF | Feb 2, 2021 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
By News Wires President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday lashed out at Turkey’s LGBT movement, accusing it of “vandalism” following an outbreak of student protests. France24/AFP (02.02.2021) – https://bit.ly/3cviwx1 – Four...
by admin_HRWF | Jun 17, 2020 | Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Ever since last week, Turkish women have been giving their male counterparts a taste of sexist remarks by switching sex in popular sayings or political statements. By Nazlan Ertan Al-Monitor (10.06.2020) – https://bit.ly/2NieHhb – An...
by admin_HRWF | May 11, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
We call on Turkey to respect, guarantee, protect and fulfil the fundamental rights of the LGBTI community without discrimination as enshrined by its Constitution and equality article therein (article 10), and ratified by human rights treaty bodies. ILGA-Europe...
by admin_HRWF | May 4, 2020 | LGBTQI People and Human Rights
End stigmatization of LGBT people, investigation of bar associations. HRW (01.05.2020) – https://bit.ly/2SzVxGj – The Ankara Prosecutor’s office in Turkey has opened a criminal investigation into the Ankara Bar Association after it filed a complaint...
