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Monday, November 17, 2014

Turkey Ambivalent on LGBTQI Population | Irene Monroe

Turkey Ambivalent on LGBTQI Population
Posted: 11/17/2014 5:08 pm EST Updated: 2 hours ago

Turkey is a country conflicted when it comes to its LGBTQI population.

On the one hand, same-sex sexual relations between consenting adults in private have been legal in Turkey since 1858, and Turkey was the first country in the Muslim world to hold an LGBTQI pride march. Eleven years later, 2014 Istanbul Pride was the largest pride event in the country, with an attendance of nearly 100,000 revelers and onlookers, far surpassing the previous year's event.

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