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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.

November 26, 2012

Murder and being gay listed as expulsion reasons from Turkish army

Gay men will be discharged from the Turkish army because of their 'lifestyle choices' according to a new regulation

Being gay will be considered as a serious offence, along with murder, fraud and bribery and reason for dismissal from the Turkish army.

According to the daily Milliyet, gays will be discharged from the Turkish army due to their ‘lifestyle choices’, according to a new penalty regulation draft of the Turkish Armed Forces.