Pink Life QueerFest
LocationIstanbul, Turkey[1]
Founded2011
LanguageInternational
Websitepembehayatkuirfest.org

Pink Life QueerFest or Queer Fest is an international LGBT themed film festival held in various cities of Turkey.[2] The Queer Fest, held in 2011 for the first time, is the first LGBT themed film festival of Turkey. The festival, held in Ankara until 2013, is started to organized in Denizli and Mersin beginning from 2014.[3]

History

Pink Life QueerFest is started in 2011 by Pink Life LGBTİ+ Solidarity Association in Ankara. The festival had been held in Ankara until 2013. Beginning from 2014, the festival had been started to be organized also in İstanbul, Denizli and Mersin.[4][5][6]

Prohibition in Ankara

In 2017, the governorship of Ankara announced the prohibition of all LGBTİ+ activities indefinitely, including Pink Life QueerFest in Ankara on the grounds that "some groups of people can react these events based their social sensitivities".[7]

It is prohibited indefinitely by the Governorship of Ankara.[8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ "7th Pink Life QueerFest to Start in İstanbul". Bianet (in Turkish). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Türkiye'nin ilk kuir festivali başlıyor". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 11 November 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. ^ "İki kente yayılan "pembe" festival". Milliyet (in Turkish). 18 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. ^ "KuirFest Başlıyor" (in Turkish). Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Madenciler ve LGBTİ dayanışması KuirFest'te". Evrensel (in Turkish). 15 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Gökkuşağının filmleri". Al Jazeera (in Turkish). 16 November 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  7. ^ "LGBT-Festival verboten: Deutsche Botschaft in Ankara zeigt (bunte) Flagge". Euronews (in German). 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  8. ^ "LGBTİ Ankara'daki yasak kararına tepkili". Deutsche Welle (in Turkish). 23 November 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Ankara Governor's Office bans German LGBT film festival". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Turkey: End Ankara Ban on LGBTI Events". Human Rights Watch. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

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