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Ankara – On January 24, 2009, the Platform of LGBTT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transvestites and Transsexuals) Rights of Turkey issued a detailed report about LGBTT Rights Situation in Turkey during the year of 2008. Below is a short summary of the report.
Report of 2008
Last year was a tough and depressing one for LGBTT individuals of Turkey. We left a year behind, full of hate murders, torture, harassment, suicide, civil penalties and gangs, incidents like sealing houses, homophobia during legal processes, violation against LGBTT individuals and LGBTT organizations with respect to their right of association. We remarked that there is a “different Turkey” for homosexuals, alike every ‘other’ of Turkey. Problems we experience with our families, problems we experience with the state, and even problems we encounter when we get organized may differentiate. Within this year, we observed a different Turkey for us. We experience a year in the Turkey of homosexuals full of events like sealing of homes, extreme provocation abatements, Eryaman-Esat cases, tortures and assaults.