Author profile: Volkan Yılmaz and Sinan Birdal

Volkan Yilmaz is a researcher at Istanbul Bilgi University; Academic coordinator of Social Policies, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association (SPOD), Istanbul, Turkey. Sinan Birdal is Assistant Professor at Işık University; Academic coordinator of Social Policies, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Studies Association (SPOD), Istanbul, Turkey.

LGBT Rights in Turkey: The Long Road To Tolerance

Volkan Yılmaz and Sinan Birdal • Dec 14 2012 • Articles

Turkish society’s attitude towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals is challenging. Although the current picture is bleak, LGBT activists and their allies are working hard to make Turkey a more tolerant place.

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