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‘Not aNillNess Nora crime’

LEsbIan, gay, bIsExUaLand tRansgEndERpEopLE In tURkEydEmand EqUaLIty

an innn    vn f  hn 3 n , n v n  hn 150 n n  wh n n v  f hn h.o vn  f v n  nj  h h nhn n h unvdn f Hn rh n h nnn hn h n.W  nnn f n vnn,  , n n n n  fn n   h n  nn.

F h n 2011 an innn lp bnnn H1 en slnn Wc1x 0dWun kn© an innn 2011in: eur 44/001/2011 enhon n: enhpn  an innn,innn s, un kna h v. th n  h,     n h wh f f v,nn n hn ,  n f .th h h  h  h   wh h f  n . F n nn h n,  f  n h n, f nn  n,  wn n  n f h h, n  f   .t  n,  f n h n, n h@n.

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: p mh n in 2010.© V aı

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CONTENTS

Introduction.................................................................................................................5

Methodology.............................................................................................................7

Failure to prevent discrimination: Government indifference and lack of legal protections......8

Government hostility..................................................................................................8

LGBT rights reforms denied........................................................................................9

Discriminatory application and interpretation of the law...............................................10

Discrimination in practice............................................................................................12

Police violence........................................................................................................12

Arbitrary application of fines.....................................................................................14

Abuse of gay men in the military...............................................................................17

Threats, abuse and isolation..................................................................................17

“Unfit for military service”....................................................................................18

Access to housing and work......................................................................................20

Access to housing....................................................................................................20

Tarlaba

urban regeneration project.......................................................................21

Employment............................................................................................................22

Barriers to accessing other rights...............................................................................24

The right to seek asylum.......................................................................................26

Threats to freedom of association..............................................................................26

Closure cases.......................................................................................................27

Violent crimes against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals..........................30

Suspected hate crimes.............................................................................................31

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