Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Turkey’s Gays Shift Away From AK Party - Emerging Europe Real Time - WSJ

"Turkey’s Gays Shift Away From AK Party

By Ayla Albayrak

It may come as a surprise that at Turkey’s last elections in 2007, a survey of the country’s gay community said they would vote for the Islamic-leaning and socially conservative Justice and Development Party, or AKP. But not this time."

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