Damla Çalik and Hayriye Kara, ‘Waiting To Be “Safe And Sound” Turkey as LGBTI Refugees’ Way Station’, Kaos Gay and Lesbian Cultural Research and Solidarity Association, 2016

Abstract

This report aims at shedding light on discrimination that LGBTI refugees face, on their way in Turkey to a third country until they obtain a refugee status, regarding everyday life, access to basic rights, social bodies and social life in their satellite cities. To this end, we conducted in-depth interviews with Iranian LGBT refugees in the satellite cities and held meetings with Provincial Directorates of Migration Management, bar associations and local NGOs regarding the situation of LGBTI refugees in those cities.