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| Region | Turkey |
| Issue | Censorship of LGBT issues |
| Status | State-enforced |
| Start Date | Jun 28, 2015 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Since 2015, pride parades and related public events are blocked in Turkey, with law enforcement intervening. On June 28th, 2015, the Istanbul Pride March was violently dispersed by police despite a history of it occurring peacefully with police protection and a trans pride march taking place only days ago without incident. Istanbul Pride has remained banned since then. Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce requires online shops to mark LGBT-themed products with a minimum age of 18+. Companies who do not comply have their advertising suspended. Board members of the ministry agreed that not listing such products with a warning risks children’s ”mental, psychological and social development”. |
| Sources | https://ilga.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Shadow-report-16.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/14/turkey-end-ankara-ban-lgbti-events https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/12/09/turkey-lgbt-rainbow-pride-children-18-ministry-trade-commerce/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/27/turkey-mass-detentions-pride-marches https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/28/turkey-has-no-excuse-ban-istanbul-pride-march https://new.ilga-europe.org/resources/news/media-releases/istanbul-pride-2015 |
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edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Adding more information.
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| Start Date | (unknown) | Jun 28, 2015 |
| Description | Pride parades and related public events are blocked in Turkey, with law enforcement intervening. Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce requires online shops to mark LGBT-themed products with a minimum age of 18+. Companies who do not comply have their advertising suspended. Board members of the ministry agreed that not listing such products with a warning risks children’s ”mental, psychological and social development”. | Since 2015, pride parades and related public events are blocked in Turkey, with law enforcement intervening. On June 28th, 2015, the Istanbul Pride March was violently dispersed by police despite a history of it occurring peacefully with police protection and a trans pride march taking place only days ago without incident. Istanbul Pride has remained banned since then. Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce requires online shops to mark LGBT-themed products with a minimum age of 18+. Companies who do not comply have their advertising suspended. Board members of the ministry agreed that not listing such products with a warning risks children’s ”mental, psychological and social development”. |
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| Sources | https://ilga.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Shadow-report-16.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/14/turkey-end-ankara-ban-lgbti-events https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/12/09/turkey-lgbt-rainbow-pride-children-18-ministry-trade-commerce/ | https://ilga.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Shadow-report-16.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/14/turkey-end-ankara-ban-lgbti-events https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/12/09/turkey-lgbt-rainbow-pride-children-18-ministry-trade-commerce/ https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/06/27/turkey-mass-detentions-pride-marches https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/28/turkey-has-no-excuse-ban-istanbul-pride-march https://new.ilga-europe.org/resources/news/media-releases/istanbul-pride-2015 |
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| Description | Pride parades and related public events are blocked in Turkey, with law enforcement intervening. Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce requires online shops to mark LGBT-themed products with a minimum age of 18+. Companies who do not comply have their advertising suspended. Board members of the ministry agreed that not listing such products with a warning risks children’s ”mental, psychological and social development”. | Pride parades and related public events are blocked in Turkey, with law enforcement intervening. Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce requires online shops to mark LGBT-themed products with a minimum age of 18+. Companies who do not comply have their advertising suspended. Board members of the ministry agreed that not listing such products with a warning risks children’s ”mental, psychological and social development”. |
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| Description | Turkey has blocked pride parades. They have labeled rainbow products and pride items 18+, along with programs that include the LGBTQ community. | Pride parades and related public events are blocked in Turkey, with law enforcement intervening. Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce requires online shops to mark LGBT-themed products with a minimum age of 18+. Companies who do not comply have their advertising suspended. Board members of the ministry agreed that not listing such products with a warning risks children’s ”mental, psychological and social development”. |
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| Sources | https://ilga.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Shadow-report-16.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/14/turkey-end-ankara-ban-lgbti-events | https://ilga.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Shadow-report-16.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/14/turkey-end-ankara-ban-lgbti-events https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/12/09/turkey-lgbt-rainbow-pride-children-18-ministry-trade-commerce/ |
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| Description | Turkey has blocked gay dating sites, as well as banning pride parades. They have labeled rainbow products and pride items 18+, along with programs that include the LGBTQ community. | Turkey has blocked pride parades. They have labeled rainbow products and pride items 18+, along with programs that include the LGBTQ community. |
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| Description | Turkey has blocked gay dating sites, as well as banning pride parades. | Turkey has blocked gay dating sites, as well as banning pride parades. They have labeled rainbow products and pride items 18+, along with programs that include the LGBTQ community. |
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| Value | No censorship | State-enforced |
| Description | In Turkey, there are no laws restricting to discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. | Turkey has blocked gay dating sites, as well as banning pride parades. |
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| Sources | https://ilga.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Shadow-report-16.pdf https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/14/turkey-end-ankara-ban-lgbti-events | |
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| Status | No censorship |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | In Turkey, there are no laws restricting to discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics. |
| Sources | (empty) |
Reports (10)
- Status is not correct "they literally arrest people for just doing pride walk"
- Status is not correct "Goverment had banned rainbow contents from -18 people"
- Status is not correct "some resources about LGBT and LGBT dating sites are blocked
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- Newer law has been passed "Advertisement of LGBT flag on products has been changed to 18+ only "
- Status is not correct "Any products with rainbows on them are 18+ along with books that mention homosexuality, in my opinion this is very clear censorship"
- Other "though it is not censored by law, goverment forces tv channels and streaming platforms remove same sex related content"
- Status is not correct
- Status is not correct "Currently counrty censor LGBTQ content, you get to +18 warning when you want to buy a mug that has rainbow on it"
- Status is not correct "Its not called censorship for LGBT but censorship against things that endanger family values."
- Status is not correct "Not enough data, so it should be ambiguous."