BBC documentary qutns Turkish Army’s take on gays

proving you're gay to turkish army

Milary service is pulsory Turkey, and enlistment is nied to those emed too sick, disabled, or gay for service. A small pk certifite listg the reason for exemptn is issued; if you are gay, the certifite will read, ''psychosexual disorr'' and ''homosexualy" brackets next to that.

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ARE YOU A GAY MAN? HERE ARE THE HORRIFYG WAYS THE TURKISH ARMY WILL ASK YOU TO PROVE IT

* proving you're gay to turkish army *

Milary service is pulsory Turkey, and enlistment is nied to those emed too sick, disabled, or gay for service. A small pk certifite listg the reason for exemptn is issued; if you are gay, the certifite will read, ''psychosexual disorr'' and ''homosexualy" brackets next to gay men are prohibed om ary service of any kd, the procs for termg and then "diagnosg" them as gay is an credibly difficult huiatg and meang one. Acrdg to this BBC article, here are some of the ways you mt prove you are gay to the Turkish army before you are allowed to take that psychosexual disorr elsewhere:Answer qutns regardg your preference on football, wearg women's clothg, and/or perfume.

You mt look gay.

The BBC Onle magaze has an trigug ary story of a type not often vered the Middle East: the challeng faced by gay soldiers. One of the ways to avoid this nscriptn Turkey is to prove yourself as a homosexual. But how you prove is a matter of some huiatn, and as the article relat open to some rather retro nflatns of homosexualy wh cross-drsg and beg the “passive” member a sexual act.

TURKISH GAYS FACE GRADG TTS TO AVOID ARMY

The BBC Onle magaze has an trigug ary story of a type not often vered the Middle East: the challeng faced by gay soldiers. Compulsory ary service is as unpopular Turkey as … * proving you're gay to turkish army *

For young gay Turks the suatn is somewhat ls open to ic terpretatn. It n lerally be a matter of life and ath, and even succs registerg as a homosexual might not be a ticket home.

I found this text on Provg you're gay to the Turkish army:. "Milary service is mandatory for all Turkish men - they n only pe if they are ill, disabled or homosexual.

BBC DOCUMENTARY QUTNS TURKISH ARMY’S TAKE ON GAYS

Gay men Turkey seekg exemptn om the untry's mandatory ary service mt prove their homosexualy, the BBC reports, even though many army physicians realize 's medilly impossible to terme sexual orientatn. * proving you're gay to turkish army *

But provg homosexualy is a huiatg oral.

"There are no specific laws agast homosexualy Turkey, openly gay men are not wele the army. At the same time, they have to "prove" their homosexualy orr to avoid ary service. The army is explicy homophobic but to prove that you are homosexual you have to tell them about "when I first had anal terurse, oral sex, what sort of toys I played wh as a child.

TURKEY’S GAY SOLDIERS THE CROSSHAIRS

So the explic le of homophobia is at the same time ntrasted wh the obscene unrground of askg for stori of homosexual terurse or even, what one uld go as far as to say, llectg imag of gay "pornography". WorldGay men Turkey seekg exemptn om the untry's mandatory ary service mt prove their homosexualy, the BBC reports, even though many army physicians realize 's medilly impossible to terme sexual orientatn. A BBC report says gay Turks wishg to avoid ary service mt prove their homosexualy, often by submtg explic photos or answerg qutnnair om a health panel.

(Associated Prs)Gay men Turkey seekg exemptn om the untry's mandatory ary service mt prove their homosexualy, the BBC reports, even though many army physicians realize 's medilly impossible to terme sexual rultg procs to obta a so-lled "pk certifite" allowg gays to dodge nscriptn — and potentially dangero ployments to bat Kurdish separatists — is often huiatg, the Brish public broadster says a documentary airg Tuday.

'They asked me if I liked football, whether I wore women's cloth or ed women's perfume'—Ahmet, gay nscript TurkeyIt's mon for gay men to subm explic photographs, unrgo personaly tts and answer qutnnair about their sexual preferenc.

BBC: PROVG YOU'RE GAY TO THE TURKISH ARMY

Lackg any valid "diagnostic tools, " a physician told the BBC World Service, potential gay drafte mt prepare whatever evince they n to nvce a ary health panel of their homosexualy, sometim emed as a "psychosexual disorr.

""They asked me if I liked football, whether I wore women's cloth or ed women's perfume, " said one gay nscript his man, g the name Ahmet to protect his te inty, said he refed requts to show a health panel pictur of himself drsed as a woman.

'' Gay-rights activists participate the 2007 Gay Pri Para Istanbul, Turkey. (Murad Sezer/Associated Prs)One former army psychiatrist said doctors feel prsure om ary manrs to diagnose homosexualy, "even though there really are no diagnostic tools to terme sexual orientatn.

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