Exclusive by Jessica Wilkins Pink News UK
The body of Ahmet Yildiz, Turkey's first suspected victim of a gay "honour killing," has been removed from the city morgue.
The remains of the 26-year-old physics student had been left there by his family, a move common in "honour killings" cases.
His body was found in his car.
His partner, who held a German passport, left the country on the advice of the consulate.
Speaking exclusively to PinkNews.co.uk he said:
"Ahmet had been receiving threats for as long as I knew him. He told me this has been going on since his coming out a year ago."
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A report by Human Rights Watch says gay and transgender people in Turkey are subject to "endemic abuses", and calls on the government to act to protect them. The BBC's Sarah Rainsford met some of the victims.
"Once, I was walking down the street and the police said 'don't pass!'. Then two more came, they dragged me into the basement of the police station and they hit me in the face and beat me so badly I had to live for 15 days with an extremely swollen head."
"The police are making it harder for us to work on the streets. They're closing down the houses we use. They even banned us from walking past the police station. We never had that before."
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by Tony Grew
Pink News
Michael Cashman with join authors, journalists and human rights defenders on a march against homophobia and transphobia in Ankara on Saturday.
Mr Cashman is one of only two out gay MEPs in the 785-member European Parliament.
The march will start at the Human Rights Monument in the Turkish capital and end at the National Assembly.
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