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LGBTQ+ Travel Guide & City Directory

🏛️ Ankara 💱 TRY 🕐 Europe/Istanbul 🏳️‍🌈 High Risk for LGBTQ+
✓ Same-sex relations legal ✗ Same-Sex Marriage ✗ Pride Events

🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ Legal Status

Based on national laws as of 2025

25/100
High Risk
✓ Same-sex relations legal
✗ Equal age of consent
✗ Partnership / union
✗ Same-Sex Marriage
✗ Adoption rights
✗ Anti-Discrimination Laws
✗ Legal gender change

Same-sex activity has never been explicitly criminalised in modern Turkey — the Ottoman Penal Code of 1858 removed the criminal prohibition that existed under earlier Islamic law, and the Turkish Republic inherited this position. In formal legal terms, same-sex activity between adults is not illegal. In practice, police routinely invoke public morality, public order and obscenity statutes against LGBTQ+ people and gatherings. Istanbul Pride, once the largest Pride event in a Muslim-majority coun

LGBTQ+ Cities in Turkey

7 Cities

Istanbul

Istanbul

15,500,000 residents

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29 Venues Read Guide →

Ankara

Ankara

5,700,000 residents

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2 Venues Read Guide →

İzmir

İzmir

4,300,000 residents

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2 Venues Read Guide →

Antalya

Antalya

2,600,000 residents

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0 Venues Read Guide →

Cağaloğlu Hamamı Sk. No:34

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Mis sok. No:15

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1 venue Read Guide →

Muratpaşa Sk. 9/A

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1 venue Read Guide →

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