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February 27, 2013
Turkish colonel attacked and kidnapped his son for being gay

A colonel kidnapped his son from his boyfriends flat, in Ankara, Turkey, after attacking and threatening him with death

Ramazan Kalkan, a member of Pink Life LGBTT Solidarity Association based in Ankara, says that the his 21 year-old boyfriend, Umut Göktuğ Söyler, was kidnapped by Söyler’s father and uncles.

Kalkan attested that during the kidnapping on 23 February he was attacked and threatened with death.

There is still no information on the whereabouts of Söyler.

January 8, 2013
Turkey's new draft army bill still punishes gays and trans

Turkish government’s revised draft regulation for the army continues to criminalize gay and transgender people as ‘unnatural intercourse’ and will be used as reason for discrimination and punishment  

The Turkish government submitted a new draft regulation for the Turkish Armed Forces that retains the article ‘unnatural intercourse’ which has been used to stigmatize and punish LGBT people.

Turkish LGBT rights group accuses the government of colluding with the army to preserve anti-gay and trans measures.