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Lubunca, Labunca or Lubunyaca is a secret Turkish cant and slang used by sex workers and LGBTQ community in Turkey. [1] [2] The term originated from the root lubni, which is the Romani word for "prostitute". [3] [4]
Lubunca is derived from slang used by Romani people. [5] [6] It contains terms from other languages, including Greek, Arabic, Armenian and French. [7] [8]
Lubunca is an argot of approximately four hundred words [9] and was spoken by the köçeks and tellaks between the 17th and 18th centuries. [10] It was later adopted and developed by transvestites. [11] It is believed that it was developed to avoid persecution while secretly communicating in public areas. It has been in use since the late Ottoman era . [12]
In Lubunca, manti means 'pleasant' or 'beautiful'. Balamoz describes old males. [13] Madilik means 'evil' [14] and gullüm means 'fun'. [15]
Polari is a form of slang or cant historically used in Britain by some actors, circus and fairground performers, professional wrestlers, merchant navy sailors, criminals and sex workers, and particularly among the gay subculture. There is some debate about its origins, but it can be traced to at least the 19th century and possibly as early as the 16th century. Polari has a long-standing connection with Punch and Judy street puppeteers, who traditionally used it to converse.
Boğaziçi University, also known as Bosphorus University, is a prominent public research university in Istanbul, Turkey, historically tied to a former American educational institution, Robert College. Robert College was the first American college to be founded outside the United States. The main campus of Boğaziçi University is located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait. It has seven faculties and two schools offering undergraduate degrees and seven institutes offering graduate degrees. Traditionally, the language of instruction is English.
Can Bartu was a Turkish basketball and football player of Circassian origin. He was the first Turkish footballer to play a final in Europe. His statue was erected in Istanbul. After retirement, he also worked as a pundit and sports journalist.
Turkey was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Superstar" written and performed by Sibel Tüzün. The Turkish participating broadcaster Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT) internally selected its entry for the contest. The announcement of Sibel Tüzün occurred on 5 January 2006, while her song, "Superstar", was presented to the public on 4 March 2006.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in Turkey face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBTQ residents, though the overall situation is considered to be less repressive when compared to most other Muslim-majority countries.
Kuzguncuk is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Üsküdar, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its population is 4,151 (2022). It is on the Asian side of the Bosphorus. The neighborhood is centered on a valley opening to the Bosphorus and is somewhat isolated from the main part of the city, being surrounded by nature preserves, cemeteries, and a military installation. It is a quiet neighborhood with streets lined with antique Ottoman wooden houses.
The Turkish Roma, also referred to as Turkish Gypsy, Türk Çingeneler, Turski Tsigani, Turkogifti (τουρκο-γύφτοι), Țigani turci, Török Cigányok, Turci Cigani are self-Turkified and assimilated Muslim Roma (Horahane) who have adopted Turkish culture over the centuries, including adopting the Turkish language and used to speak the Rumelian Romani language. They adopted Turkish culture in order to establish a Turkish identity to become more recognized by the host population and have denied their Romani background to express their Turkishness. During a population census, they declared themselves as Turks instead of Roma. While they have always been allowed to live in Turkish communities as Turks, they face economic discrimination and have conflicting views among Turks while Christian Romani do not consider themselves as part of Romani society. They are cultural Muslims who adopted Sunni Islam of Hanafi madhab and religious male circumcision at the time of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate and Ottoman Empire.
The Romani people in Turkey or Turks of Romani background are Turkish citizens and the biggest subgroup of the Turkish Roma. They are Sunni Muslims mostly of Sufi orientation, who speak Turkish as their first language, in their own accent, and have adopted Turkish culture. Many have denied their Romani background over the centuries in order to establish a Turkish identity, to become more accepted by the host population.
LGBTQ history in Turkey covers the development, contributions and struggles of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the history of Turkey and their relation between Turkish politics from the abolition of the Caliphate to modern-day Turkey.
Istanbul Pride is a pride parade and LGBTQ demonstration held annually in Turkey's biggest city, Istanbul since 2003. Participants assemble in Taksim Square before marching the entire length of İstiklal Avenue. It has been described as the first and biggest LGBT event in Muslim-majority countries.
Celil Oker was a Turkish crime fiction writer.
IMC TV was a Turkish nationwide TV channel launched on 1 May 2011. Presenters included Nuray Mert and Fehim Taştekin. In 2011 it hosted a talk show series called Gamurç // Köprü - the first of its kind in Turkey focussing exclusively on Armenian-Turkish relations.
Ethem Sarısülük was an activist and worker who was killed by the police in Ankara during the 2013 Gezi Park protests. Sarısülük, who was seriously injured by police officer Ahmet Şahbaz during the Gezi Park protests in Ankara, stayed in intensive care unit for 14 days. He was diagnosed with brain death on 12 June 2013 and died in Ankara Numune Hospital on 14 June 2013 at 3:15 pm. In the autopsy report it was stated that the bullet which killed him was found inside the brain.
Çürüklük is a small neighborhood in Kasımpaşa in the Beyoğlu municipality on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey.
The DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey refers to the Marxist–Leninist insurgency waged by the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) against the Republic of Turkey, ongoing since 1990. The insurgency began with political assassinations in the early 1990s, and has escalated in the past few years with the use of suicide bombers.
Ayça Ayşin Turan is a Turkish actress best known for her roles in Meryem, Arıza, and Ada Masalı, for which she won a Golden Butterfly Award.
Ayı Sözlük is an LGBTQ collaborative dictionary founded by İlker Bozkurt on 14 August 2011. The majority of the contributors are LGBTQ individuals. The purpose of establishing the dictionary is to make the voice of LGBTQ individuals heard as a part of the society, to defend LGBTQ rights, to enable them to write freely, to support young LGBTI individuals in their acceptance processes, to make them feel that they are not alone and wrong, and to fight against transphobia, homophobia, and hate crimes. Sözlük yazar kadrosu içinde gönüllü avukatlar hukuk danışmanlığı yaparken sözlük yazarları arasında gönüllü psikologlar da bulunmaktadır. Over time, it has become a community that organizes events and conducts charity projects. Since July 2014, they have been accepted as an LGBTQ community by ILGA.
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Ebru Günay is a Kurdish jurist and a politician of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP). She was elected a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in 2018 and is currently the spokeswoman of the HDP.
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