Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi’nin X/Türkiye Kararı Temelinde Türkiye’de LGBT Mahkûmlara Yönelik Bir İnceleme (An Examination of LGBT Inmates in Turkey Based on X/Turkey Case by the European Court of Human Rights)

In this study, the question of LGBT inmates in Turkey was analyzed under the light of the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) judgment on a gay prisoner’s application regarding the violations of the prohibition of torture and prohibition of discrimination. Due to being the first Turkish gay-themed court case and the first verdict reached by the ECHR on sexual orientation issue in Turkey, this case deserves a detailed examination. ECHR’s verdict has established a significant jurisprudence that pointed out the severity of the inadequate physical conditions of prisons from the view point of homosexuals, the gap in Turkish law on criminal execution as well as on the penalty legislation regarding homosexual prisoners and the lack of agenda-setting at political level in Turkey.