04/02/2026 | Writer: Kaos GL
Radiye Sezer Katırcıoğlu, chair of the Turkish Parliament’s Subcommittee on the Rights of the Child, targeted LGBTI+ people by using the term “propaganda” during discussions on a report about digital platforms.
The Subcommittee on the Rights of the Child, which operates under the Grand National Assembly of Turkey’s Committee on Human Rights Inquiry, convened once again yesterday to discuss the report titled “Threats and Risks Facing Our Children on Digital Platforms.”
Among the steps proposed at the meeting were “the protection of the family institution and the prevention of LGBTI+ propaganda and impositions directed at children.”
During her opening remarks, Commission Chair and AKP MP Radiye Sezer Katırcıoğlu referred to the Epstein documents, then targeted LGBTI+ people.
Katırcıoğlu said that “these documents clearly reveal how children are systematically exposed to the risk of abuse through digital and global networks, how they are left unprotected, and the extent to which certain ideological and organized structures can have deep and destructive effects on children”, and continued as follows:
“In this process, I would like to emphasize in particular that LGBTI+ organizations targeting children and the ideological propaganda activities carried out by these structures have now become, for our children, not merely a subject of social debate but a direct threat to child safety and children’s rights. As we have repeatedly stressed before, these intertwined, complex, organized structures that target children may produce consequences more dangerous than terrorist organizations in terms of their methods, spheres of influence, and global networks. The documents in question clearly demonstrate this reality not only to our country but to all of humanity.”
“LGBTI+ propaganda is among the most systematic threats”
Using the term “propaganda” while targeting LGBTI+ people, Katırcıoğlu stated:
“Digital addiction, abuse, cyberbullying, illegal betting, LGBTİ+ propaganda, violations of privacy, and structures that push children into crime are the largest, most organized, and most systematic threats our children have ever faced in history. The demands conveyed to our commission also clearly reflect the expectations of society. There is a need for strong, practicable policies that protect our children in the digital world and are implemented without delay. In this direction, our subcommission has prepared a comprehensive roadmap aimed at protecting our children from digital threats.”
Tags: human rights, media, life, family, trans, lgbti
