Photo: Turkish oil wrestlers have many gay fans who visit Edirne,
Turkey, every July for the championships. See many great photos
and buy videos at TurkishWrestling.com

Turkish oil wrestling pictures set to Rachmaninov.
8 April 2006 (05:24).





Images of "Exotic Gay Turkey".
27 October 2006 (04:56).



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Turkish singer Murat Boz
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NEWS

14 July 2008
Two Iranian gay refugees in Turkey have spent many months on the breadline but are still in a legal limbo. They claim they have not received any response from the UNHCR even about their initial interviews.
IRQO.net

28 March 2008
Gay kurds marching with a rainbow flag meet with mixed reactions
Kurdish Aspect

3 March 2008
After her public criticism of Turkey's generals, transsexual singer Bülent Ersoy is topping the sales charts in Eastern Turkey
Turkish Daily News

1 March 2008
Journalist gives his opinions on the attitude of "macho" Turkish society on transsexuals and homosexuality
Turkish Daily News

28 February 2008
Turkish media watchdog rebukes transexual singer for criticizing the Turkish army
Javno.com

27 February 2008
Transexual singer in Turkey to be investigated for criticizing the country's generals
Turkish Daily News

22 February 2008
Is homophobia really just a Turkish thing ?
Article in a London Turkish community newspaper on a gay Turkish Cypriot contestant on "Big Brother" and the positive reaction of the man's parents.
Londra - London Turkish Gazette

5 February 2008
Turkish Government moves to close down gay advocacy group
PinkNews.co.uk

20 January 2008
Turkey's transsexuals take to the Ankara stage in a new play "Pink and Grey" highlighting discrimination against the transgender community.
AFP

19 January 2008
One of Turkey's top television personalities, “The Petulant Virgin,” the country's most popular transexual, has been allegedly pressured into ditching his wig and appearing "as himself"
Turkish Daily News

10 January 2008
76 year old cross-dresser, Huysuz Virjin, complains of growing censorship on Turkish television.
The Economist

News 2 May 2007 -
Despite Turkey's reforms, gay community says it lacks legal protections

News 29 March 2007 -
Belgium at centre of "gay" Turkish hero row



OTHER ARTICLES

11 June 2007
Article summarizes the situation facing the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transexual community in Turkey
Immigration and refugee board of Canada

Article summarizing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transexual rights in Turkey
Wikipedia.org



DISCUSSION FORUMS ON OTHER WEBSITES

January 2008 onwards
Has anyone seen the oiled up Turkish men wrestling in Edirne ?
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Lonely Planet - The Thorn Tree

December 2007 onwards
Traveller requests advice on hammams and bars in Istanbul
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Lonely Planet - The Thorn Tree





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