International Women’s Day: UN Committee / Police violence against trans women in Turkey 8th March 2013 1415 0 0 On International Women’s Day, Intergroup Co-Presidents Ulrike Lunacek and Michael Cashman recall that violence remains a dire reality for...
European Parliament takes stock of LGBT rights in Western Balkans and Turkey 22nd April 2013 1376 0 0 Last week the European Parliament adopted five of its annual progress reports for candidate and potential candidate EU countries. MEPs addressed...
Turkey’s Democracy Reform Package fails LGBT citizens 14th October 2013 1501 0 0 Last month, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presented a ‘Democracy reform package’. Unfortunately, the package leaves out measures...
New EU accession reports: LGBT rights in the Western Balkans and Turkey 17th October 2013 1670 0 0 The European Commission’s annual reports on accession countries were published yesterday, and include important and extensive information on...
Plenary summary: Progress report Turkey; UN Human Rights Council 14th March 2014 1473 0 0 The Strasbourg week is over, so it is time for a plenary update. Apart from passing the data protection package, which includes important privacy...
European Parliament calls on Turkey to improve situation LGBTI people 11th June 2015 1270 0 0 In the last of its annual progress reports on accession countries, the European Parliament evaluated the situation in Turkey, including the...
MEPs condemn ban and police violence at Istanbul Pride 30th June 2015 1359 0 0 In a last-minute move, the governor of Istanbul banned Sunday’s Pride Parade, using the month of Ramadan as a justification. In previous...
New EU accession reports: LGBTI rights in the Western Balkans and Turkey 12th November 2015 1694 0 0 Tuesday, the European Commission’s published its annual progress reports on accession states’ progress towards EU Membership. The reports...
Parliament calls on Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania to respect LGBTI rights 19th April 2016 1456 0 0 In the last of its annual progress reports on accession countries, the European Parliament evaluated the situation in Turkey, Bosnia and...
