İlker Hepkaner keeps his finger on the pulse of the May 14 elections for Velvele readers with his weekly reports.
Etiket: türkiye
Velvele & Harem of No One IG Live: Our Queer Immigrant Lives (Election Special)
Harem of No One’s producer and DJ Toby Kind and Velvele editor and writer İlker Hepkaner chat about what it means to be an immigrant in the “West”, how they perceive the elections in Turkey and their voting experience in the Diaspora.
LGBTIQ+ as both subject and object of a vital election in Turkey – I
The government’s anti-LGBTI+ policies and the opposition’s lack of policy in the run-up to the elections by Kaos GL activist and Yeşil Sol Party PM member Remzi Altunpolat
Velvele & Harem of No One IG Live: Femicides
Drag artist Tahini Molasses and Velvele’s editor Fulden Ergen explore why femicides increased greatly in recent years and how solidarity of women helps combat femicides.
Where is the State?
Özgür Güneş Öztürk’s article, previously published on catarsimagazin.cat, was translated into English by Pelin Doğan for Velvele.