BBC: Provg you're gay to the Turkish army | Empty Closets

Contents:

• ARE YOU A GAY MAN? HERE ARE THE HORRIFYG WAYS THE TURKISH ARMY WILL ASK YOU TO PROVE IT
• TURKISH GAYS FACE GRADG TTS TO AVOID ARMY
• BBC DOCUMENTARY QUTNS TURKISH ARMY’S TAKE ON GAYS
• TURKEY’S GAY SOLDIERS THE CROSSHAIRS
• BBC: PROVG YOU'RE GAY TO THE TURKISH ARMY

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

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.

TURKISH GAYS FACE GRADG TTS TO AVOID ARMY

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. 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

But provg homosexualy is a huiatg oral.

TURKEY’S GAY SOLDIERS THE CROSSHAIRS

"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. 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.

BBC: PROVG YOU'RE GAY TO THE TURKISH ARMY

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.