Country of origin information report Turkey March 2007

Difficulties and Problems 18.26

Mystical Sufi and other religious social orders and lodges 18.29

Non Muslim minorities 18.30

Christians 18.37

Jews 18.43

19. Ethnic groups 19.01

Kurds 19.05

Kurdish language 19.10

Teaching in Kurdish 19.16

Pro Kurdish political parties 19.22

Hadep 19.23

Relatives of Hadep 19.25

Dehap 19.26

Democratic Society Movement (DTH)/
Democratic Society Party (DTP) 19.33

PKK/Kadek Kongra-Gel and
the conflict in the south east 19.37

Newroz/Nevruz celebrations 19.51

Arabs 19.55

Caucasians 19.58

Armenians 19.59

Greeks 19.62

Roma 19.64

20. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons 20.01

Legal Rights 20.01

Government attitudes 20.06

Social and Economic rights 20.12

Societal ill-treatment or discrimination 20.14

Transvestites 20.17

Transsexuals 20.19

21. Disability 21.01

People with disabilities 21.01

22. women 22.01