Kaos GL [News]

November 30, 2008

An official demand to ban Lambda Istanbul, a LGBT organization located in Istanbul, was rejected on November 28, 2008 allowing them to continue to operate. The decision was hailed by the Turkish gay rights activists. However there were also widespread criticisms since there were similar attempts to close down various LGBT organizations in the past and they all failed. Activists questioned why Istanbul 3rd Principle Court had decided to close the organization down despite the expert opinion supporting them and previous precedents.

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November 28, 2008
Hurriyet Newspaper

ISTANBUL - Gays, lesbians and transsexuals suffer discrimination throughout the world, but in Iran, the difficulties are compounded by the government’s denial of their very existence.

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November 13, 2008
Bia News Center - Ankara, Turkey

Transsexual Dilek Ince, who was killed by a gun shot in Ankara, was interred by family and friends. The members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transvestite and Transsexual (LGBTT) Rights Platform marched to the Prime Ministry to protest the killing

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November 15, 2008

Press Release by KAOS GL (released on November 11, 2008)

As we were getting ready for the "November 20th, Remembrance Day for Transgender victims of hate murders" we were devastated by a news we received. On November 10, 2008, around 9:00 PM in Etlik, a district of Ankara, our friend Dilek was attacked with a pump action shotgun. She passed away at the Ankara Diskapi Education and Research Hospital at around 12:30 AM on November 11, 2008.

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November 12, 2008
Press Release by LGBT Rights Platform, Turkey

LGBT Rights Platform held a protest and delivered a press release on November 12, 2008 in Ankara, Turkey to condemn the murder of transsexual Dilek Ince . She was murdered in a shotgun attack in Ankara on November 10, 2008. Dilek Ince was buried on November 12, 2008. After the funeral service, a pres release was delivered in front of the Human Rights Monument in Ankara.

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November 11, 2008
Hurriyet Newspaper

Activists and sex workers in Turkey are working on a project to establish Turkey’s first sex workers union. They are hopeful about finding a solution to their problems and changing society’s approach toward sex workers. They will organize an awareness walk to bring attention to their issues

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November 6, 2008
The Economist print edition

In A cramped makeshift theatre in Istanbul, a Kurd in a purple dress titillates the audience with the story of how he was born a man but found he was a woman. During his act, Esmeray wields a sharp tongue to expose the systematic violence faced by fellow transvestites. “I am a Kurd, a transvestite and a feminist, so I am screwed all round,” he says.
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Bia News Center
October 31, 2008

Holland based Press Now and the IPS Communication Foundation are working together to educate 25 reporter candidates from 15 different cities at the Local Gay-Lesbian Reporter Network Education in Eskisehir.

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PinkNews.co.uk
October 24, 2008

Scholars, academics and activists from across the world gathered in London earlier this month to mark the tenth anniversary of the largest support group for LGBT Muslims in Europe.

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Bia News Center
October 23, 2008

The Turkish Writers Union condemns daily Vakit for attacking poet Kucuk Iskender for his homosexuality and demands a formal apology both for the poet and the homosexual community.

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