Çürük - The Pink Report

“Homosexuality is a disease and needs to be treated” says Selma Aliye Kavaf, Turkish Minister for Family Affairs. Homosexuality is considered a mental disorder according to the Turkish Army and requires an invasive medical diagnosis. The humiliation includes psychological tests, anal examinations and photographic proof of gay sex.

Keywords

  • Doing Gender
  • Love+: Sexuality
  • Made in Germany
  • Politics: Human Rights
  • Young Talent
  • the edge

Director

  • Ulrike Böhnisch

Queer, Documentary


1h 14min


16 FSK

EN


DE

Germany
2010
This investigative documentary by Ulrike Böhnisch takes a look a the humiliation that gay men undergo if they exempt themselves from the Turkish Army.

This investigative documentary by Ulrike Böhnisch takes a look a the humiliation that gay men undergo if they exempt themselves from the Turkish Army.


“Homosexuality is a disease and needs to be treated” says Selma Aliye Kavaf, Turkish Minister for Family Affairs. Homosexuality is considered a mental disorder according to the Turkish Army and requires an invasive medical diagnosis. The humiliation includes psychological tests, anal examinations and photographic proof of gay sex.

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