GAY MAN KILLED IN HONOUR KILLING
News by HOMOVISION on November 26, 2009 at 12:17 pm
The New York Times today reports on the death of a 26 year old gay guy in Istanbul, the victim of what sociologists say is the first gay honour killing in Turkey.
According to prosecutors Ahmet Yildiz, an openly gay man, was shot five times as he left his apartment. His killer allegedly his father, who travelled 600 miles from his hometown to Istanbul. Yildiz’s body remains unclaimed by his family.
Yildiz was the only son of a deeply religious Kurdish family. His father wanted him to see a doctor and an iman in order to cure him of his homosexuality.
Gay rights groups argue that there is an increasingly open homophobia in Turkey. The military, which is the guardian of Turkey’s secular state, regards homosexuality as a disorder.
Last year, a local Istanbul court ruled in favor of disbanding the offices of Lambda, the country’s leading gay rights group, after a complaint that it offended public morality, although the decision was later overturned.
Read the full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/26/world/europe/26turkey.html
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