From homophobia to a moving apology in Turkey | Elif Shafak

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From homophobia to a moving apology in Turkey | Elif Shafak

As a groundbreaking film launches, Turkish attitudes to gay and transgender people are slowly improving – in the media at leastLast week was tumultuous for Turkey’s gay and transsexual people. A groundbreaking indie movie, Zenne Dancer, finally hit the screens, after winning five major awards at the country’s foremost film festival, and receiving a shower of attention from the mass media – a shower that unfortunately quickly turned cold.

published date:Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:36:48 GMT
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