Table of Contents

1. Islam, public opinion, and homosexuality in Turkey and the 'Muslim world'; 2. The history of human rights abuses against the LGBTI community in Turkey; 3. The lack of legal protections for the LGBTI community in Turkish law; 4. LGBTI advocacy methods and approaches: looking at the wider field; 5. The use of media in promoting sexual minority rights in Turkey; 6. Political, electoral, and legislative strategies for LGBTI rights; 7. Other forms of LGBTI rights based advocacy; 8. Challenges facing the LGBTI movement in Turkey; 9. Conclusion.

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Turkey's hostile approach to the LGBTI community leads Muedini to document the history of LGBTI rights, rights abuses, and activist strategies to secure LGBTI rights in Turkey.

About the Author

Fait Muedini is the Frances Shera Fessler Professor of International Studies at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has written and teaches on issues of human rights, and Middle East and North Africa politics. His work has appeared in a number of outlets including Foreign Affairs. He is also the author of Human Rights and Universal Child Primary Education (2015), and Sponsoring Sufism: How Governments Promote 'Mystical Islam' in their Domestic and Foreign Policies (2015), and is the founder and developer of InternationalRelations.org.