homosexuality in Turkey

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/8/06, Sabri Oncu wrote: >... Here in Turkey males can kiss and
carres each other, hold hands, walk in arms, so and so forth, and
nobody would think that they are "fagots" or such. Same goes for the
females. This is not to say that there is no homophobia, hatred of the
"other" or what have you here ... <

Earlier, Louis Proyect wrote: >I have spent enough time in Turkey to
know that you have to keep your homosexual identity a secret and
Turkey is a lot more open than Egypt or Iran. And I am talking about
secular Turkish society, not places like Eastern Anatolia. It is a
plain fact that YOU CANNOT BE OPENLY GAY there.  <

Sabri, do you think that Louis' description is accurate?
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