Turkish court orders homosexual group to disband

AFP

ISTANBUL (AFP) — A leading Turkish homosexual rights lobby group vowed Friday to fight a court ruling that ordered its closure after prosecutors accused it of breaching morality and family norms.

"This is a mistake and we hope that the Appeals Court will correct it," group lawyer Firat Soyle told AFP.

He pointed at a 2005 decision by an Ankara prosecutor who threw out a similar application against another gay rights advocacy group, KAOS-GL, saying that homosexuality does not amount to immorality.

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