Which country asked what to Turkey at UN?

We have compiled the questions and advice about LGBTI+ rights from the United Nations ​Universal Periodic Review – Turkey.

İda’s request for vegan food has been met, her hunger strike ended

Vegan prisoner İda Koçak’s request for vegan meals has been met on the ninth day of her hunger strike. İda ended the hunger strike.

"Rainbow No Borders" is published

"Rainbow Knows No Borders", the special issue of Kaos GL Magazine prepared with the contributions of LGBTI+ refugees living in Turkey has been published.

“The feeling that we most frequently encounter in the letters of trans prisoners is loneliness”

Responding to the letters of trans prisoners on January 22nd, the International Day Of Solidarity With Trans Prisoners, Seçin Tuncel from Kaos GL explains: "Most of the letters are on problems of isolation."

How many counseling services did Kaos GL provide to LGBTI+ refugees in 2019?

In 2019, Kaos GL provided 900 counseling services to refugee LGBTI+s in many fields, including legal, social and psychosocial support.

Commissioner for Human Rights: LGBTI bans are unacceptable and must be immediately discontinued

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, underlined the need to end LGBTI+ bans in Turkey in her country visit report.

Vegan trans prisoner İda Koçak is on hunger strike

Vegan trans woman İda Koçak, who is a prisoner in the Ankara Sincan Type L Prison, has started to hunger strike due to being served non-vegan food.

Organizations provide consultancy to LGBTI+ refugees

Here is a list of organizations that provides counseling services to the LGBTI+ refugees.

Discriminatory news against LGBTI+'s from the second week of January

In the second week of January, we compiled discriminatory discourses against LGBTI+'s in the Turkish mainstream press.

“Trans prisoners are being held in cells despite ‘not eligible for solitary’ reports”

Hilal Başak Demirbas of the Civil Society in Penal System Association (Ceza İnfaz Sisteminde Sivil Toplum Derneği, CISST) on January 22nd, the International Day Of Solidarity With Trans Prisoners, evaluated the status of trans prisoners for kaosGL.org.

Oppressor in Turkey denier in the UN!

During the UPR process, Turkey denied the systematic LGBTI+ events and demonstration bans. Representatives claimed that there is no systematic ban in the country.

"Turkey's representative to the United Nations did not say the truth"

Lawyer Kerem Dikmen from Kaos GL commentated Deputy Foreign Minister Faruk Kaymakçı's claims at Universal Periodic Review meeting.

İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality fired a gay worker

Erkan Altay was hired in December 2019 in the department of White Desk at the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. He claims that his open LGBTI + identity is being punished because he openly criticized the wrongs he had seen.

LGBTI refugees living in Turkey are being denied from renting houses

The "Turkey's Challenge with LGBTI Refugees" report published by Kaos GL Association reveals violations of the right to housing of LGBTI refugees living in Turkey.

What does the Kaos GL Academic and Cultural Studies Program do?

Kaos GL Association publishes the activities of its programs that create fields of work and struggle.