LGBTQ rights in Turkey

LGBT rights in Turkey - rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Turkey. Article “LGBTQ rights in Turkey” in English Wikipedia has 94.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 138 references and 20 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “LGBTQ rights in Turkey” was edited by 6 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 14 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “LGBTQ rights in Turkey”, its content was written by 308 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 709 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 565 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2462 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #4162 in December 2022
• Global: #8371 in December 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #54093 in May 2023
• Global: #34216 in May 2023

There are 22 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) LGBTQ rights in Turkey		94.7214
2	Turkish (tr) Türkiye'de LGBT hakları		92.8355
3	Hebrew (he) זכויות להט"ב בטורקיה		85.7852
4	German (de) Homosexualität in der Türkei		58.7004
5	Czech (cs) LGBT práva v Turecku		55.861
6	Russian (ru) Права ЛГБТ в Турции		49.8984
7	Arabic (ar) معاملة المثليين في تركيا		47.5038
8	French (fr) LGBT en Turquie		39.6959
9	Chinese (zh) 土耳其LGBT權益		35.8612
10	Vietnamese (vi) Quyền LGBT ở Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ		35.0214

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "LGBTQ rights in Turkey" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) LGBTQ rights in Turkey		1 549 833
2	Turkish (tr) Türkiye'de LGBT hakları		582 184
3	German (de) Homosexualität in der Türkei		288 498
4	Arabic (ar) معاملة المثليين في تركيا		210 802
5	French (fr) LGBT en Turquie		136 872
6	Spanish (es) Diversidad sexual en Turquía		116 107
7	Russian (ru) Права ЛГБТ в Турции		88 047
8	Polish (pl) Sytuacja prawna i społeczna osób LGBT w Turcji		41 977
9	Italian (it) Diritti LGBT in Turchia		38 747
10	Simple English (simple) LGBT rights in Turkey		30 057

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "LGBTQ rights in Turkey" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) LGBTQ rights in Turkey		8 820
2	Turkish (tr) Türkiye'de LGBT hakları		2 302
3	Russian (ru) Права ЛГБТ в Турции		1 060
4	Simple English (simple) LGBT rights in Turkey		1 011
5	German (de) Homosexualität in der Türkei		1 010
6	Spanish (es) Diversidad sexual en Turquía		921
7	French (fr) LGBT en Turquie		770
8	Italian (it) Diritti LGBT in Turchia		479
9	Arabic (ar) معاملة المثليين في تركيا		387
10	Polish (pl) Sytuacja prawna i społeczna osób LGBT w Turcji		249

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "LGBTQ rights in Turkey" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) LGBTQ rights in Turkey		308
2	German (de) Homosexualität in der Türkei		93
3	Turkish (tr) Türkiye'de LGBT hakları		67
4	French (fr) LGBT en Turquie		58
5	Polish (pl) Sytuacja prawna i społeczna osób LGBT w Turcji		24
6	Simple English (simple) LGBT rights in Turkey		21
7	Hebrew (he) זכויות להט"ב בטורקיה		19
8	Italian (it) Diritti LGBT in Turchia		18
9	Arabic (ar) معاملة المثليين في تركيا		17
10	Spanish (es) Diversidad sexual en Turquía		16

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "LGBTQ rights in Turkey" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) LGBTQ rights in Turkey		6
2	French (fr) LGBT en Turquie		4
3	Italian (it) Diritti LGBT in Turchia		3
4	German (de) Homosexualität in der Türkei		1
5	Arabic (ar) معاملة المثليين في تركيا		0
6	Azerbaijani (az) Türkiyədə LGBT hüquqları		0
7	Bulgarian (bg) ЛГБТ права в Турция		0
8	Catalan (ca) Diversitat sexual a Turquia		0
9	Czech (cs) LGBT práva v Turecku		0
10	Greek (el) Δικαιώματα ΛΟΑΤ στην Τουρκία		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "LGBTQ rights in Turkey" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) LGBTQ rights in Turkey		565
2	Hebrew (he) זכויות להט"ב בטורקיה		265
3	Turkish (tr) Türkiye'de LGBT hakları		237
4	Italian (it) Diritti LGBT in Turchia		221
5	Arabic (ar) معاملة المثليين في تركيا		205
6	French (fr) LGBT en Turquie		148
7	Czech (cs) LGBT práva v Turecku		145
8	German (de) Homosexualität in der Türkei		101
9	Serbo-Croatian (sh) LGBTQ prava u Turskoj		93
10	Chinese (zh) 土耳其LGBT權益		84

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic معاملة المثليين في تركيا
az	Azerbaijani Türkiyədə LGBT hüquqları
bg	Bulgarian ЛГБТ права в Турция
ca	Catalan Diversitat sexual a Turquia
cs	Czech LGBT práva v Turecku
de	German Homosexualität in der Türkei
el	Greek Δικαιώματα ΛΟΑΤ στην Τουρκία
en	English LGBTQ rights in Turkey
es	Spanish Diversidad sexual en Turquía
fa	Persian حقوق ال‌جی‌بی‌تی در ترکیه
fr	French LGBT en Turquie
he	Hebrew זכויות להט"ב בטורקיה
id	Indonesian Hak LGBT di Turki
it	Italian Diritti LGBT in Turchia
pl	Polish Sytuacja prawna i społeczna osób LGBT w Turcji
ru	Russian Права ЛГБТ в Турции
sh	Serbo-Croatian LGBTQ prava u Turskoj
simple	Simple English LGBT rights in Turkey
tr	Turkish Türkiye'de LGBT hakları
ur	Urdu ترکیہ میں ایل جی بی ٹی کیو حقوق
vi	Vietnamese Quyền LGBT ở Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ
zh	Chinese 土耳其LGBT權益

Best Rank

English: #54093 05.2023

Global: #34216 05.2023

Best Rank

English: #4162 12.2022

Global: #8371 12.2020

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