Tips for Gay and Lbian Travelers Turkey | Frommer's

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• TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS TURKEY
• EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI
• IN TURKEY, ’S NOT A CRIME TO BE GAY. BUT LGBT ACTIVISTS SEE A RISG THREAT.
• GAY ISTANBUL
• HAVG A GAY OLD TIME TURKEY
• TURKEY 2ND MOST RTRICTIVE UNTRY ON GAY RIGHTS EUROPE
• TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

TIPS FOR GAY AND LBIAN TRAVELERS TURKEY

The social suatn for members of the gay muny is better smopolan Istanbul than ral areas, where honor killgs still occur; but whether or not people feel fortable g out to their fay and iends pletely pends on their own ntext and would still mean a number of risks. Istanbul and some of the most tourist-iendly areas, such as Bodm, have a fairly thrivg gay scene, wh pulsg dance floors, gay bars, and hamams; but many lols who are volved the gays scene by night are livg a different life by day, as they are not able to be open wh their fay or iends, and certaly not at work, where they uld worry about the impact would have on their future.

Even Ankara and Izmir, Turkey’s pal and most Wtern-leang cy rpectively, don’t have anythg that close to beg scribed as a ‘gay scene’, so while they’re tertg plac to vis, gay travelers shouldn’t expect a party. There is also a range of hamams, but they are equented by everyone bee they are such a tradnal Turkish experience, so gay travelers should not assume they are specifilly gay foced.

EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BEG GAY MLIM UNTRI

If you are stayg Istanbul or a seasi rort like Antalya, startg a night out a known gay-iendly bar is a good way to get chattg to lols and then plan your night om there. Gay Marriage⚭✖ UnregnizedCensorship✖ State-enforcedChangg Genr✖ Legal, but requir surgeryNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedDiscrimatn✖ Illegal some ntextsEmployment Discrimatn✖ Sexual orientatn onlyHog Discrimatn✖ No protectnsDonatg Blood✖ Banned (fe ferral)Conversn Therapy✖ Not banned. The Constutnal Court stated that llg homosexuals "viants" or "perverts" nstut hate protectnsIn Turkey, there are currently no laws place to prevent discrimatn agast LGBT dividuals the areas of work, tn, hog, health re, and public protectnsThere are not any protectns for LGBT Turks.

IN TURKEY, ’S NOT A CRIME TO BE GAY. BUT LGBT ACTIVISTS SEE A RISG THREAT.

However, ’s important to remember that Istanbul is pal of an Islamic untry; for all s liberal aspects, Turkey is chg s way closer to Middle Eastern valu daily, and this is havg a knock-on effect on LGBT rights Istanbul that gay travelers to the area should take to nsiratn. Homosexualy is not illegal Turkey: between adults, same-sex sexual activy was ma legal the Ottoman Empire 1858, and sce morn Turkey’s foundatn 1923 has always been legal. However, there are some rather ambiguo bans the crimal on “offens agast public moraly” which n be terpreted agast LGBT people and homosexuals are banned om ary service.

Currently, there are no anti-discrimatn laws Turkey that protect LGBT people om discrimatn the public sphere or employment, although opposn parti have tried to troduce bills providg legal protectn for gay and transgenr people. A report published by Human Rights Watch 2008 outled the daily threat of vlence and discrimatn faced by gay and transgenr people, wh sufficient reactn om police and the thori.

The social suatn for members of the gay muny is better smopolan Istanbul than ral areas but whether or not people feel fortable g out to their fay and iends is extremely ntext-pennt and still pos a number of risks. Istanbul has a fairly thrivg gay scene, wh pulsg dance floors, gay bars, and hamams; but many lols who participate are livg a double life, beg unable to be open wh their fai or at work for fear of the negative impact uld have on their future. The shift towards nservatism Turkey as a whole do not bo well, but Istanbul’s long-tablished liberal character uld hold firm agast a risg ti of anti-gay feelg and hopefully ph that ti back.

GAY ISTANBUL

In fact, the current climate, snas and hamams will actively avoid beg labeled as ‘gay-iendly, ’ so is better jt to enjoy the as cultural experienc unls you are wh someone the know. Although homosexualy is legal Turkey, we're talkg about a fairly nservative culture, so discretn is advisable -- even if Turkish men are to more public displays of affectn wh each other than wh their wiv.

HAVG A GAY OLD TIME TURKEY

Still gayns is g more and more out of the closet Turkey; 2009, more than 3, 000 members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny attend the Pri March Istanbul. (Istanbul) – Turkish police attacked and arrted hundreds of people at the Istanbul Pri March on June 26, 2022, a sweepg display of vlence and discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said today. The same day, Fahrett Altun, Print Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s munitns director, ma an anti-LGBT speech, sayg that “Fai and children [are] targeted through … tolerance for homosexualy propaganda” and llg homosexualy “ugls.

TURKEY 2ND MOST RTRICTIVE UNTRY ON GAY RIGHTS EUROPE

On 13 September 2018, was reported that the Turkish Rad and Televisn Supreme Council (RTUK) fed cy of Bursa Broadster AS TV 17, 000 Turkish liras for showg mic vio ''Secrets'' by Pk - that featured ''erotic dance figur of a homosexual nature'' - durg hours when children and young people uld watch and be negatively fluenced [R1. On 24 November 2017, the Beyoglu district ernor's office reportedly banned a one-day ftival that had been set to showse short films on gay issu on Saturday, claimg the event would not be allowed to take place, a bid to ''protect public orr and safety, others' rights and eedoms, and to prevent crime'' [R2. On 19 November 2017, was reported that the Ankara ernor's office had banned all events by lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and tersex rights groups s pal cy to protect ''public secury'' for an ''fe'' perd wh effect om 18 November [R2.

TURKEY: PORTUGUE TOURIST SAYS HE WAS JAILED FOR LOOKG GAY

On 17 June 2016, was reported that the ernor of the Turkish cy of Istanbul had banned gay, lbian and transgenr dividuals om holdg pri paras at their ual venue, cg secury ncerns, disallowg march partg om Istanbul's inic Taksim Square ''for the safety of our cizens and the participants'' [R2.

On 14 September 2012, was reported that the Jtice and Development Party (AKP) had vetoed a proposal jotly troduced by the ma opposn Republin People's Party (CHP) and the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) that would have brought nstutnal protectn for gay rights [R1. On 30 April 2010, Judge Mursel Ermis the Izmir Court, rejected a mand sought by the ernor's office to ban Siyah Pembe Ucgen (Black Pk Triangle), a group mpaigng for gay rights [R2.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

In July 2008, a gay stunt activist is alleged to have been shot what is believed to be Turkey's first reported gay "honour killg" rried out by members of his own fay [R1.

On 10 Febary 2014, Met Çiçek, the father and uncl Seyhm and Mehmut, were jailed for life for the 2012 'honour killg' of 17-year-old gay teenager Ros Çiçek the south-east cy of Diyarbakir [R2. On 18 Febary 2013, Judge Mahmut Erml an Istanbul urt of the first stance, livered a landmark lg sayg that gay sex is natural, ntradictg a prev lg by Turkey's supreme urt 2012.

On 26 November 2012, Defense Mister İsmet Yılmaz was expected to troduce a new penalty regulatn draft for the Turkish Armed Forc unr which beg gay will be nsired as a ser offence and reason for dismissal, makg the unwrten policy a regulatn [R1.

On 26 March 2012, gay nscripts seekg to "prove" their homosexualy orr to avoid ary service, reportedly mt provi explic photographs wh their face visible and showg themselv as the passive partner [R1.