In his ‘Address to the Nation’ speech, Erdoğan said ‘Desexualisation has turned into a crusade’

President Erdoğan again targeted LGBTI+s and said, ‘The policies of desexualisation have turned into a global crusade targeting the family institution.’

Transphobic attacks do not stop in Izmir

A new attack took place in and around Bornova Street in Izmir, where trans women have been attacked on the streets for a while. November 20 Association shared the footage of the attacks on November 8 and January 16 and called on the authorities to stop the violence.

LGBTI+'s who produce content on OnlyFans are targeted with CIMER complaints

According to the information reached by KaosGL.org; a person complained to CIMER about LGBTI+ content producer OnlyFans through personal data obtained, and the prosecutor's office started an investigation.

The 'Family Year' was introduced, LGBTI+'s are targeted again: ‘Desexualisation using LGBT as a battering ram...'"

Both Minister of Family Göktaş and President Erdoğan targeted LGBTI+'s at the introductory meeting of the Family Year. Erdoğan said, ‘The sanctity of the family institution is the primary target of the desexualisation policies in which LGBT is used as a battering ram.’

The defendant who attacked trans woman D.D. travelled abroad, court requests an investigation

The first hearing of the case on appeal was held regarding the sentencing of disabled trans woman D.D., who was attacked by a man named Halil G. and stayed in intensive care for days, for injury.

AKP MPs lined up to target LGBTI+s at the Digital Media Commission

Netflix admitted that LGBTI+ content was caught in the ‘sensitivity’ wall. DEM Party Diyarbakır MP Sevilay Çelenk reacted against AKP MPs: ‘LGBTI+'s have always existed and continue to exist'.

‘This year the Ministry of Family will be the “battering ram” of discriminatory political violence’

KaosGL.org Editor-in-Chief Yıldız Tar spoke to Gizem Örnek from Gazete Duvar about the declaration of 2025 as the ‘Family Year’.

Acquittal in the case against journalist Bülent Kılıç who was detained during the Pride March

During the 19th Istanbul Pride March, the court acquitted Bülent Kılıç who tried to prevent the police attack against journalists.

TİHEK continued its discriminatory attitude towards LGBTI+'s in the Parliament

Muharrem Kılıç, President of TİHEK, answered DEM Party MP Adalet Kaya's question on why the organisation rejects applications regarding discrimination against LGBTI+'s by saying ‘this is the law’.

Religious Affairs Directorate targets LGBTI+ community in Friday sermon

Following President Erdoğan's declaration of 2025 as the "Family Year" and targeting LGBTI+ people, the Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) targeted LGBTI+ community in Friday sermons delivered in mosques across the country.

Population Policy Council convenes, LGBTI+s targeted again

Speaking at a meeting of the Population Policies Board, Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz attributed the decline in fertility rates to “desexualization”. Yılmaz also said that new legal arrangements will be made.

Turkey responds to ECHR in LGBTI+ bans case, claims event attacked by police was allowed to take place

The Turkish government made a defense in the LGBTI+ activity bans case brought to the ECHR by Kaos GL.

Rights violations against LGBTI+s in December: Politicians led the hate, trans women became targets of violence

In 2024, hate speech against LGBTI+'s in Turkey escalated. This series of hatred, led by politicians, manifested itself in the last month of the year with violence against trans women, as in previous months.

Islamist HUDA PAR and nationalist IYI Party target LGBTI+ people, DEM Party reacts to hatred

DEM Party Group Deputy Chair Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit reacts to HÜDA PAR's Şahzade Demir calling LGBTI+'s “perverts” and targeting LGBTI+ organizations: It does not fit neither humanity nor conscience!

bianet Media Literacy Coalition holds first meeting of 2025

The first meeting for the year 2025 of the Media Literacy Coalition, organized within the scope of the “Our Media” project, of which the IPS Communication Foundation/bianet is a partner, was held online on January 6.