
Keywords
- Doing Gender
- Love+: Sexuality
- Made in Germany
- Politics: Human Rights
- Young Talent
- the edge
Director
- Ulrike Böhnisch
Queer, Documentary
1h 14min
16+
EN
DE
Germany
2010
This investigative documentary by Ulrike Böhnisch takes a look a the humiliation that gay men undergo if they exempt themselves from the Turkish Army.
This investigative documentary by Ulrike Böhnisch takes a look a the humiliation that gay men undergo if they exempt themselves from the Turkish Army.
“Homosexuality is a disease and needs to be treated” says Selma Aliye Kavaf, Turkish Minister for Family Affairs. Homosexuality is considered a mental disorder according to the Turkish Army and requires an invasive medical diagnosis. The humiliation includes psychological tests, anal examinations and photographic proof of gay sex.