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Turkish Daily News
September 11, 2008

Police are putting increasing pressure on transsexuals and transvestites, a prominent human rights organization complained at a recent press meeting, daily Taraf reported yesterday.

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Amnesty International Magazine, NY
August 29, 2008

A local court in Istanbul ordered the closure of the Turkish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender solidarity organization, Lambda Istanbul. The court ruled on May 29 in favor of a complaint by the Istanbul Governor's Office that Lambda Istanbul's objectives were against Turkish "moral values and family structure".

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The Independent
August 11, 2008

In a corner of Istanbul today, the man who might be described as Turkey's gay poster boy will be buried – a victim, his friends believe, of the country's deepening friction between an increasingly liberal society and its entrenched conservative traditions.

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The Advocate
July 21, 2008

Istanbul resident Ahmet Yildiz, 26, was shot and killed last week in what friends suspect is Turkey's first gay "honor killing," the Independent newspaper of London reported Saturday.

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Washington Blade
June 27, 2008

A popular transgender Turkish singer went on trial last week on charges of trying to turn the public against military service.

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June 5, 2008

Doug Ireland, Gay City News

In the latest in a series of legal attacks on LGBT organizations and publications in Turkey, on May 29 a court in Istanbul, the nation's largest city, ordered the dissolution of Lambda Istanbul. Founded in 1993, the group is Turkey's oldest LGBT organization, and has organized Gay Pride marches in that city every year since 2003.

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June 5, 2008
Tony Grew, Pink News

Turkey must respect the human rights treaty it signed up to and give gay and lesbian citizens their rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of association, a leading EU politician has said

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June 5, 2008

Press release from the Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights of the European Parliament regarding closure of Lambda Istanbul


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June 2, 2008
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Group Ordered Closed on Procedural Grounds

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Advocate
May 30, 2008

A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the closure of a gay rights organization because it said the group's name violates public morality, the group said.
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