LGBT rights in Turkey
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title:
LGBT rights in Turkey
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Turkey face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents, though the overall situation is considered to be less repressive when compared to most other Muslim-majority countries. In 1858, the Ottoman Empire—the predecessor of the modern-day Republic of Turkey—adopted a new penal code, which no longer contained any explicit articles criminalizing homosexuality, sodomy, and köçeklik. The Ottoman Penal Code of 1858 was heavily influe
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Turkey
date created:
2006-04-14T20:36:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T13:51:43Z
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