09/05/2023 | Writer: Kaos GL
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has repeatedly accused LGBTQ+ people of threatening the 'sanctity of the family'
Damla Umut Uzun, a campaigner with the Turkish LGBTQ+ rights organisation Kaos GL, told Middle East Eye that these comments were the culmination of years of scapegoating.
"Last year there were 15 anti-LGBTQ demonstrations called ‘Great Family Meeting’ held by their conservative constituencies," she said.
"Hoping that such actions will unite the conservative voters, they started to use the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric in their election campaign."
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