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Jan 31, 2008 Quickie Link: Gay Group Faces Court Challenge in Turkey
By vanrozenheim

(Turkey) - Efforts by Turkish officials to close one of the country's leading LGBT organisations will resume in court today. A department of the Istanbul Governor's office responsible for non-governmental organisations alleges that the group, Lambda Istanbul, violates Turkish laws on morality. They claim that Lambda violates both the Penal Code, as an association in violation of "law and morals," and Article 41 of the Turkish constitution, which is concerned with "the peace and welfare of the family." At a hearing last October Lambda's lawyers presented the court with a report from a legal expert explaining why the group's work on LGBT rights was not in breach of morality codes.



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