http://www.republicoft.com/2008/07/23/digest-for-july-23rd/ Black. Gay. Father. Vegetarian. Buddhist. Liberal. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:28:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.republicoft.com/2008/07/23/digest-for-july-23rd/#comment-183689 Joanne Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:46:42 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/?p=2314#comment-183689 Thanks for the link. By the way, we very much doubt that Ahmet Yildiz is the first victim of 'honour killing' in Turkey despite having much respect for Professor Bagli. We have heard previous, anecdotal reports from other Turkish men of the deaths of people they know, and we also think that Turkey has not hitherto been much aware of the 'honour killing' of men as it tends to be classified as a form of violence against women. (If you read the recent HRW report on homophobia in Turkey you will notice that they have a section on 'honour killling' related to lesbians, but include 'honour' attacks against gay men in an extended footnote within that section.) We think that 'honour killing' against gay men is particularly unlikely to be detected, particularly in the Kurdish regions of Turkey. Hopefully this will change. Thanks for the link. By the way, we very much doubt that Ahmet Yildiz is the first victim of ‘honour killing’ in Turkey despite having much respect for Professor Bagli. We have heard previous, anecdotal reports from other Turkish men of the deaths of people they know, and we also think that Turkey has not hitherto been much aware of the ‘honour killing’ of men as it tends to be classified as a form of violence against women. (If you read the recent HRW report on homophobia in Turkey you will notice that they have a section on ‘honour killling’ related to lesbians, but include ‘honour’ attacks against gay men in an extended footnote within that section.) We think that ‘honour killing’ against gay men is particularly unlikely to be detected, particularly in the Kurdish regions of Turkey. Hopefully this will change.

]]> http://www.republicoft.com/2008/07/23/digest-for-july-23rd/#comment-183676 KipEsquire Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:54:58 +0000 http://www.republicoft.com/?p=2314#comment-183676 If I haven't mentioned it before, I'm always grateful when you include something of mine. =) If I haven’t mentioned it before, I’m always grateful when you include something of mine. =)

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