From All Over: LGBTQ+ Turkiye

Two LGBTQ refugees in Yalova, Türkiye, Mehdi and Nihal, are setting up their own group, From All Over. Bairbre Flood met them at their home to see why they need this group, and what life is like for LGBTQ refugees outside of Istanbul.

Presenter Mahmoud Hassino also shares some of his personal experiences helping to organise a Mr Gay Syria event which was documented in a film by Turkish director Ayse Toprak.

ARABIC:

من كل مكان – مجتمع الميم-عين في تركيا

مهدي ونيهال من مجتمع الميم-عين يلجآن في يالوفا في تركيا، وقاما بتأسيس مجموعة خاصة أسمياها من كل مكان. قابلتهما باربرا فلود في منزلهما للتحدث عن سبب حاجتهما إلى هذه المجموعة، وعن حياة اللاجئين/ات من مجتمع الميم-عين خارج اسطنبول.

يشارك محمود حسينو أيضًا بعض تجاربه الشخصية في المساعدة في تنظيم حدث ميستر غاي سيريا الذي تم توثيقه في فيلم للمخرجة التركية عايشة توبراك.

FARSI:

از همه جا: ‌ترکیه 

دو تن از پناهندگان همجنس‌گرا در شهر یلوای ترکیه، مهدی و نهال در جمع گروه خود (از همه جا)‌ نشسته اند. باربرا فلاد تهیه کننده برنامه برای دیدار این‌ها خارج از شهر استانبول به خانه این‌ها رفته است، تا در مورد ایجاد و نیازمندی‌های این گروه گفت‌وگویی داشته باشد.

محمود حسینو گرداننده برنامه همچنین برخی از تجارب شخصی خود را در سازمان‌دهی یک برنامه آقای همجنسگرا (سوری‌ها) فیلمی توسط کارگردان ترک آیسه توپراک در سوریه مستند شده است، به نمایش می‌گذارد.

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