News articles:
Articles:
Turkey Shuts Down Transgender Support Site:
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/turkey-shuts-down-transgender-support-site091013
Turkey: Court bans access to gay dating app Grindr as a ‘protection measure’:
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/09/12/turkey-court-bans-access-to-gay-dating-app-grindr-as-a-protection-measure/
Gay hook-up app Grindr fights back against Turkish ban with threat of legal action:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gay-hookup-app-grindr-fights-back-against-turkish-ban-with-threat-of-legal-action-8829360.html
Death of Gay Activist Brings Turkey's Attitude Toward Gays Into Focus:
http://www.voanews.com/content/death-of-gay-activist-brings-turkeys-attitude-toward-gays-into-focus-82239372/169750.html
Turkey Shuts Down Transgender Support Site:
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/turkey-shuts-down-transgender-support-site091013
Turkey: Court bans access to gay dating app Grindr as a ‘protection measure’:
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2013/09/12/turkey-court-bans-access-to-gay-dating-app-grindr-as-a-protection-measure/
Gay hook-up app Grindr fights back against Turkish ban with threat of legal action:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gay-hookup-app-grindr-fights-back-against-turkish-ban-with-threat-of-legal-action-8829360.html
Death of Gay Activist Brings Turkey's Attitude Toward Gays Into Focus:
http://www.voanews.com/content/death-of-gay-activist-brings-turkeys-attitude-toward-gays-into-focus-82239372/169750.html
Grindr:
http://grindr.com/
http://grindr.com/
- Was used for good old-fashioned no-strings-attached hook-ups
- The Telecommunications Communication Presidency (TIB, by its Turkish acronym) has banned the site “as a protection measure.” Protection, presumably, against men having sex with each other.