Disver the bt of gay Turkey, cludg Istanbul, Cappadocia, Ankara, Mard, Izmir, Eph, Pamkale, Çanakkale, Bodm and Antalya.
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- EXPLORE VAST AND HIDN GAY TURKEY
- THE CAPAL OF TURKEY JT BANNED ALL PUBLIC LGBT EVENTSOFFICIALS ANKARA CED "PUBLIC SENSIVY" THE CISN TO PROHIB TALKS, FILMS, PERFORMANC AND PRI {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 19, 2017/11:21 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}OZAN KOSE/AFP/GETTY IMAGA GAY UPLE KISS DURG THE GAY PRI PARA ON JUNE 28, 2015 THE ISTIKLAL STREET NEAR THE TAKSIM SQUARE ISTANBUL. RT POLICE ISTANBUL ED TEARGAS AND WATER NNON TO DISPERSE THOANDS OF PARTICIPANTS THE GAY PRI PARA THE TURKISH CY. POLICE TOOK ACTN AGAST THE CROWD WHEN MONSTRATORS BEGAN SHOUTG SLOGANS ACCG THE SOCIAL NSERVATIVE PRINT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN OF "FASCISM". AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ OZAN KOSE/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 19, 2017 / 11:21 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE CAPAL OF TURKEY JT BANNED ALL PUBLIC LGBT EVENTS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-11-19T16:21:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-11-19T16:21:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANKARA, TURKEY, HAS JT BANNED ALL LGBT EVENTS, DAYS AFTER NCELG AN GERMAN LGBT FILM FTIVAL. CG "PUBLIC SENSIVY," THE PROHIBN ENPASS FILMS, LECTUR, EXHIBNS, PERFORMANC AND PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“STARTG OM NOVEMBER 18, 2017, NCERNG OUR MUNY’S PUBLIC SENSIVY, ANY EVENTS SUCH AS [LGBT] CEMA, THEATER, PANELS, TERVIEWS, EXHIBNS ARE BANNED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE OUR PROVCE TO PROVI PEACE AND SECURY,” A CREE ISSUED ON SUNDAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON WEDNDAY, THE ANKARA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE BANNED THE SCREENG OF FOUR QUEER GERMAN-LANGUAGE FILMS, CG TERRORISM AND PUBLIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE NTENT ULD CE GDG AND ENMY TOWARD A PART OF SOCIETY," THE OFFICE SAID OF THE PK LIFE QUEERFT. "THE TELLIGENCE REPORTS THAT TERROR ANIZATNS ARE SEEKG TO ATTACK DISSENTIENT GROUPS OR DIVIDUALS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GOVERNOR WARNED THE SCREENGS "ULD BE PROVOTIVE AND DRAW REACTNS."GETTYSAME SEX YOUNG FEMALE REAL UPLE HANGG OUT AND EMBRACG ON LORFUL STAIRS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TURKEY HAS LONG BEEN SEEN AS ONE OF THE MORE WELG OF MAJORY-MLIM UNTRI, BUT ACTIVISTS PLA PRINT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN HAS CRACKED DOWN ON LGBT EEDOM. IN RECENT YEARS THERE HAS ALSO BEEN AN ALARMG RISE PREJUDICE AND VLENCE: LAST YEAR, A GAY REFUGEE OM SYRIA WAS BEHEAD ISTANBUL, THE SAME YEAR A YOUNG TRANS WOMAN WAS MURRED AND SET ON FIRE A MIDDLE-CLASS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT THIS SUMMER, MONSTRATORS WHO FIED THE BAN ON ISTANBUL PRI WERE MET WH BBER BULLETS AND TEAR GAS TAKSIM SQUARE.YASIN AKGUL/AFP/GETTY IMAGTURKISH RT POLICE OFFICERS BLOCK WAYS TO ISTIKJLAL AVENUE FOR LGBT RIGHTS ACTIVIST AS THEY TRY TO GATHER FOR A PRI PARA, WHICH WAS BANNED BY THE ERNORSHIP, CENTRAL ISTANBUL, ON JUNE 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ YASIN AKGUL/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE ED TO BE PARTS OF THE CY WHERE YOU ULD OPENLY SHOW THAT YOU’RE GAY, WHERE NO ONE RED WHO YOU ARE,” SAYS HSE, WHO WON THE MR. GAY SYRIA PAGEANT HELD ISTANBUL LAST YEAR. “THAT’S NO LONGER POSSIBLE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF THE ORIGAL FIVE NTTANTS, THREE HAVE ALREADY FLED THE UNTRY AND HSE PLANS TO FOLLOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
EXPLORE VAST AND HIDN GAY TURKEY
Gay Istanbul · HotelsMany gay visors stay or near Beyoglu district, the heart of morn Istanbul, close to the Istiklal Cadsi street, Taksim shoppg area, great rtrants and gay nightlife.
Disver vast and hidn gay Turkey wh today. Though homosexualy is not nsired a crimal offence (same-sex sexual activy beg legalised by the Ottoman Empire 1858), tolerance towards gay people is limed and s of vlence have been known to occur.
THE CAPAL OF TURKEY JT BANNED ALL PUBLIC LGBT EVENTSOFFICIALS ANKARA CED "PUBLIC SENSIVY" THE CISN TO PROHIB TALKS, FILMS, PERFORMANC AND PRI {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 19, 2017/11:21 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}OZAN KOSE/AFP/GETTY IMAGA GAY UPLE KISS DURG THE GAY PRI PARA ON JUNE 28, 2015 THE ISTIKLAL STREET NEAR THE TAKSIM SQUARE ISTANBUL. RT POLICE ISTANBUL ED TEARGAS AND WATER NNON TO DISPERSE THOANDS OF PARTICIPANTS THE GAY PRI PARA THE TURKISH CY. POLICE TOOK ACTN AGAST THE CROWD WHEN MONSTRATORS BEGAN SHOUTG SLOGANS ACCG THE SOCIAL NSERVATIVE PRINT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN OF "FASCISM". AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ OZAN KOSE/AFP/GETTY IMAG)BY DAN AVERYNOVEMBER 19, 2017 / 11:21 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE CAPAL OF TURKEY JT BANNED ALL PUBLIC LGBT EVENTS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-11-19T16:21:36.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-11-19T16:21:36.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","KEYWORDS":"TERNATNAL","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANKARA, TURKEY, HAS JT BANNED ALL LGBT EVENTS, DAYS AFTER NCELG AN GERMAN LGBT FILM FTIVAL. CG "PUBLIC SENSIVY," THE PROHIBN ENPASS FILMS, LECTUR, EXHIBNS, PERFORMANC AND PRI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“STARTG OM NOVEMBER 18, 2017, NCERNG OUR MUNY’S PUBLIC SENSIVY, ANY EVENTS SUCH AS [LGBT] CEMA, THEATER, PANELS, TERVIEWS, EXHIBNS ARE BANNED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE OUR PROVCE TO PROVI PEACE AND SECURY,” A CREE ISSUED ON SUNDAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON WEDNDAY, THE ANKARA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE BANNED THE SCREENG OF FOUR QUEER GERMAN-LANGUAGE FILMS, CG TERRORISM AND PUBLIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE NTENT ULD CE GDG AND ENMY TOWARD A PART OF SOCIETY," THE OFFICE SAID OF THE PK LIFE QUEERFT. "THE TELLIGENCE REPORTS THAT TERROR ANIZATNS ARE SEEKG TO ATTACK DISSENTIENT GROUPS OR DIVIDUALS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE GOVERNOR WARNED THE SCREENGS "ULD BE PROVOTIVE AND DRAW REACTNS."GETTYSAME SEX YOUNG FEMALE REAL UPLE HANGG OUT AND EMBRACG ON LORFUL STAIRS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TURKEY HAS LONG BEEN SEEN AS ONE OF THE MORE WELG OF MAJORY-MLIM UNTRI, BUT ACTIVISTS PLA PRINT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN HAS CRACKED DOWN ON LGBT EEDOM. IN RECENT YEARS THERE HAS ALSO BEEN AN ALARMG RISE PREJUDICE AND VLENCE: LAST YEAR, A GAY REFUGEE OM SYRIA WAS BEHEAD ISTANBUL, THE SAME YEAR A YOUNG TRANS WOMAN WAS MURRED AND SET ON FIRE A MIDDLE-CLASS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JT THIS SUMMER, MONSTRATORS WHO FIED THE BAN ON ISTANBUL PRI WERE MET WH BBER BULLETS AND TEAR GAS TAKSIM SQUARE.YASIN AKGUL/AFP/GETTY IMAGTURKISH RT POLICE OFFICERS BLOCK WAYS TO ISTIKJLAL AVENUE FOR LGBT RIGHTS ACTIVIST AS THEY TRY TO GATHER FOR A PRI PARA, WHICH WAS BANNED BY THE ERNORSHIP, CENTRAL ISTANBUL, ON JUNE 25, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / YASIN AKGUL (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ YASIN AKGUL/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THERE ED TO BE PARTS OF THE CY WHERE YOU ULD OPENLY SHOW THAT YOU’RE GAY, WHERE NO ONE RED WHO YOU ARE,” SAYS HSE, WHO WON THE MR. GAY SYRIA PAGEANT HELD ISTANBUL LAST YEAR. “THAT’S NO LONGER POSSIBLE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF THE ORIGAL FIVE NTTANTS, THREE HAVE ALREADY FLED THE UNTRY AND HSE PLANS TO FOLLOW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
As of 2016, followg an attempted up, the untry has been ntrolled by a religly nservative print, wh the rult beg ltle to no progrs the area of gay rights. LGBT people are currently not protected by law, and Ankara meanwhile, a prohibn on all LGBT activy has been the bad news out of the way, remas to be said that travellers who act wh discretn, gay and straight alike, are unlikely to experience any trouble while Turkey.