Turkey Elections: Gay, Transsexual Candidates Spotlight LGBT Rights
BY ALASTAIR JAMIESON AND AZIZ AKYAVAS-May 24th 2015,
Turkey appears poised to elect its first openly gay member of parliament in next month's elections, despite a rising tide of social conservativism in the Muslim-majority country.
The four LGBT activists running include 37-year-old Baris Sulu, who made history once already when he and his same-sex partner applied — unsuccessfully — for a marriage license in a test case that is still going through the courts.
