What is KAOS GL’s history?
In the summer of 1994, the Ankara branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD) established a Gay and Lesbian Rights Commission. The Commission included KAOS GL, which was already publishing KAOS GL at that time. However, when a new administration took over Ankara’s IHD branch, it withdrew recognition of the Commission and, after an internal vote, shut it down. As a result, the homosexual members of Ankara’s IHD branch left the IHD in protest, and some of them joined KAOS GL. Since then, KAOS GL has defined itself as an independent homosexual group, and it remains a vital component of Turkey's homosexual movement.
KAOS GL applied for non-government organisation (NGO) status with the Ministry of the Interior in July 2005 under the name of Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Organization. Although the deputy governor of the capital, Ankara, had petitioned a court to rule that Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Organization is breaking the nation's immorality laws, in October 2005 the Prosecutor decided not to proceed with the case. KAOS GL has been a legally registered non-government organisation (NGO) since October 2005.
KAOS GL applied for non-government organisation (NGO) status with the Ministry of the Interior in July 2005 under the name of Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Organization. Although the deputy governor of the capital, Ankara, had petitioned a court to rule that Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Organization is breaking the nation's immorality laws, in October 2005 the Prosecutor decided not to proceed with the case. KAOS GL has been a legally registered non-government organisation (NGO) since October 2005.