World Wide Wave

30 Apr 2013

Turkey: Revoking same-sex adoptions

Europe

Thinking of adopting a child? From a non-Muslim background?  Several European countries adopted Turkish children and now the Turkish government is demanding that they be placed with different families.

We interviewed Nevin Öztop from Kaos GL (Turkey’s oldest LGBT organisation) about the Turkish government attempting to revoke some-sex adoption in the Netherlands.

And she was angry:

“Our Prime Minister is going to another country and trying to ruin the lives of gay and lesbians outside of our country.”

She also told us how the Turkish media is trying to “manipulate” the situation so that it looks like this lesbian couple in the Netherlands took over this child without the permission of the parents.

Turkey appears full of inconsistencies in its LGBT policy. On the one hand, Turkey holds the highest numbers of hate crimes in the European Council each year. Someone can be fired from their workplace if their employer decides they are going against LGBT morality.

On the other hand, homosexuality is legal–rare in a Muslim-majority  country.

Still, Nevin Öztop tells us that secondary laws are being used to punish the LGBT community, “…like the public morality, like obscenity, like jeopardising the peace…these articles can be used easily to punish LGBT people.

Learn more on W3JOY’s Turkey webpage.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:38 — 35.4MB)

Subscribe or Follow Us: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Blubrry | Podchaser | Email | Deezer | RSS

8 May 2024

World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – May 7th, 2024

News & Politics, Worldwide

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the ...

8 May 2024

Egypt: religion and discrimination against queer people

Africa and the Middle East, Discrimination, Religion

Many queer people struggle to reconcile their religion with their sexuality. There just aren’t many accepting and inclusive religions. Queer ...

8 May 2024

World Wide Wrap: LGBTQIA+ news for the week – April 2nd, 2024

News & Politics, Worldwide

Listen to the week’s World Wide Wrap where we round up all that was in international LGBTQIA+ news for the ...