On Sunday, members of Turkey's LGBT community are to hold a pride parade — if the authorities let them. The parade has been canceled for the last two years, reportedly due to security concerns.

But LGBT activists in Turkey and around the world say homosexuals are now increasingly targeted. They fear that a series of attacks targeting gay and transgendered Turks is a backlash against the ...

Erdogan stayed aloof from Turkey’s once-tolerated LGBT+ community ... “We know that Mr Kemal is an LGBT person,” Erdogan said at a 6 May rally. “We are against this.” ...

In 2020, the head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate gave an anti-LGBT sermon about the Covid-19 pandemic. For the last two years, university students have been prosecuted for ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Campaign speeches targeting Turkey's LGBT community during last month's election have left some living in constant fear of police raids and even planning to leave the country.

There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey’s capital Ankara to defend LGBT rights, carrying rainbow flags. “At first I struggled with myself a lot,” he said.

ANKARA — Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday he did not “recognize LGBT” and vowed to combat “perverse” trends which he said aimed to destroy the institution of family ...

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has attacked the opposition for being “pro-LGBT” at a rally just a week before crucial elections in the country. Presidential elections in Turkey are ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan complained about the bright-colored decorations at the United Nations General Assembly this week in New York City, saying the “LGBT colors” upset him.

Campaign speeches targeting Turkey’s LGBT community during last month’s election have left some living in constant fear of police raids and even planning to leave the country.

The discrimination faced by the LGBT community has convinced the couple to plan to leave Turkey, he said. During the campaign, Erdogan's Islamic-rooted AK Party accused the opposition alliance ...