Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has targeted the LGBT community, blaming it for a declining birth rate

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has targeted the LGBT community, blaming it for a declining birth rate

 Yasin AKGUL

Eleven leaders of a Turkish LGBT rights group went on trial Wednesday on charges of "obscenity" and "violating the protection of the family", their lawyer told AFP.

The defendants, leaders of the Genc LGBTI+ association (Young LGBTI+ in Turkish), stand accused of breaching an article of the Turkish constitution on protecting family values, as well as publishing images on social media showing same-sex couples kissing -- deemed "obscene" by the authorities.

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