LGBTQ people and military service
In Turkey, military service is compulsory for all male citizens between 18 and 41, but homosexuals are discriminated against and excluded from service under the classification of a "psychosexual" illness. Historically, gay individuals seeking exemption had to "prove" their homosexuality through humiliating methods, including submitting photographic... See more
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In Turkey, pink certificate (Turkish: Pembe tezkere ) is the colloquial name for a military discharge certificate given to those who are discharged or considered exempt from military service due to their sexual orientation. The Turkish Armed Forces Health Regulation, under Article 17 of "Mental Health and Diseases," explains that the case of... See more
Pink certificate
Major Margaret Witt, air force nurse and poster girl, discharged under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: the judge who ordered her reinstated declared, “There is no evidence that wounded troops care about the sexual orientation of the flight nurse or medical technicians tending to their wounds.”