Bülent Ersoy (Wikipedia)

 

Bülent Ersoy

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please press:  Bulent Ersoy 

ezs note:  If you have a notable transgender person who is not listed, please don't hesitate to bring it to Wikipedia's attention!

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Turkey/Syria earthquake

Gaziantep, Turkey

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ezs note:  A major earthquake has hit Turkey and Syria.  The death toll has hit 5000, and will only get worse.  If you can help, go to Doctors Without Borders.  

Turkey - Why Turkey's performance artists take to streets

Nazlan Etlan
Al-Monitor

Cihangir (part of Istanbul), Turkey

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please press:  www.al-monitor.com

Turkey - Turkey boycotts Eurovision Song Contest over LGBT performers

Bamidele Madamidola
Reuters

Istanbul, Turkey

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please press:  www.reuters.com

Turkey - Turkish fashion industry begins to flourish, opens up to transgender community

Staff
Al-Arabiya

Istanbul, Turkey

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please press:  english.alarabiya.net

Turkey - Turkish LGBT activist goes on hunger strike in support of transgender woman jailed in Tekirdağ

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Turkey Purge

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please press:  turkeypurge.com

Legal recognition of transgender people in Turkey: will the court seize the historic opportunity?

Sinem Hun
Open Democracy

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please press:  https://www.opendemocracy.net

Activists in Turkey vow to march in defiance of ban on Istanbul Pride (UK)

Press
Belfast Telegraph

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please press: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Hande Kader: Outcry in Turkey over transgender woman's murder (UK)

Press
BBC

Hande Kader

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please press:  http://www.bbc.com

ezs note:  We remember you, Hande...

Turkish police fire rubber bullets, tear gas at LGBT parade

Associated Press
Boston Herald

please press:  http://www.bostonherald.com

Happy belated turkey/tofurkey day! (hey, I had to get a drumstick!)

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Turkey election 2015: ruling party loses majority as pro-Kurdish HDP gains – rolling report (UK)

Monica Tan
The Guardian

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please press:  http://www.theguardian.com

To all my US friends, happy turkey/tofurkey day!

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Noor… and the search for the lake of fairies (Pakistan)

 Anwer Mooraj

please press:  http://tribune.com.pk

Turkey’s first 'gay marriage' (Turkey)

Semih Idiz
http://www.al-monitor.com

to read more, go to:  http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/10/turkey-lgbt-first-gay-marriage-nightmare.html#

Turkey: Trans journalist fired from television station (UK)

John DeLamar
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/

to read more, go to:  http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/09/19/turkey-trans-journalist-fired-from-television-station/

Turkey: Trans man actor called up for military service (UK)

Alice Milliken
http://www.pinknews.co.uk


to read more, go to:  http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/07/28/turkey-trans-man-actor-called-up-for-military-service/

WATCH: The Trans Reporter Changing Turkish Society

NEAL BROVERMAN
http://www.advocate.com

to read more, go to:  http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/07/20/watch-trans-reporter-changing-turkish-society

Turkey: Teenagers arrested over murder of transgender woman (UK)

http://www.pinknews.co.uk

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Happy Turkey/Tofurkey Day!

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