LGBTQ rights in Turkey
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Turkey face significant challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents. Homosexuality has not been a criminal offence since the Ottoman Empire adopted a new penal code in 1858, and transgender people have been able to change their legal gender since 1988. However, Turkey has no comprehensive law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and LGBTQ are barred from serving openly in the military. Same sex relationships receive no legal recognition: same sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships are not available in Turkey, and same sex couples cannot adopt jointly or as joint parents. When the 12th judicial reform package passed in 2026, provisions discriminating against LGBTQ people were removed from the bill, which made symbolic same sex weddings possible, though these carry no legal marital status. Because Turkish marriage law determines eligibility by the gender recorder...
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