Kaos GL [News]

June 26, 2009
Bianet News, Aran Arslan

MPs Tuncel, Birdal and Sevigen say that parliament is uninformed about gay rights.
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June 26, 2009
Eurasianet, Nicholas Birch

Turkey
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June 25, 2009
Towleroad.com

Turkey's football federation is "backpedaling" after firing referee Halil Ibrahim Dincdag because he is gay and outing him to the press following a surge of public support in his favor. The surge was in response to the fact that instead of running and hiding, Dincdag went on a popular sports program to discuss his sexuality.
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June 25, 2009
PinkNews.co.uk

A football referee in Turkey has claimed he was dismissed by the game's governing body for being gay.
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June 25, 2009
Irish Times, Nicholas Birch

A Referee dismissed and outed by Turkey
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June 24, 2009
ANSA

Eleven have been killed in 'hate crimes' against homosexuals in the last six months in Turkey, and so the seventeenth LGBTT (Lesbians, Gay, Bi-Sexuals, Transsexuals and Transgender) Pride Week has kicked off in Istanbul in a climate of sadness and rage.
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June 24, 2009
Kaos GL

LGBTT Rights Platform, Turkey issued a letter to the President of Lithuania to veto the proposed new law which was approved by the Seimas (Parliament). The law would ban
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June 24, 2009

Below is the interview Kaos GL conducted with Vytautas Valentinavi
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June 23, 2009
New York Times, Susanne Fowler

It
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June 18, 2009
AFP

The fledgling homosexual movement in Turkey has ventured into the roughest of fields -- the macho world of football -- after a referee "came out" on television, dropping a bombshell in this football-mad country and leaving authorities confused.

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June 18, 2009
pinknews.co.uk

Halil Ibrahim Dincdag has said he will fight to get his job back. A 33-year-old Turkish football referee who was sacked for being gay has said he will take his fight to the European Court of Human Rights.

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June 16, 2009
BIA News Center

LGBT groups in Turkey have announced the yearly "awards" ceremony for LGBT-phobic comments.

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June 15, 2009
Bird of Paradox Blog

Over the last six months I
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