10/11/2025 | Writer: Kaos GL
Responding to journalists’ questions on his return from Azerbaijan, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan targeted LGBTI+ people, referring to the “LGBT perversion” and “new generation attacks”
President and AKP Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, for “Victory Day” on November 8.
On Sunday, November 9, responding to questions from journalists on the plane returning from Azerbaijan, Erdoğan used the phrases “Family Year,” “LGBT perversion,” and “new-generation attacks,” and targeted LGBTI+ people by saying: “We will never allow perversions like LGBT.”
In response to a journalist’s question, “During the opening program for the Family Year and on various occasions, you stated that our population growth rate is turning negative and, on the other hand, that the institution of the family is being undermined through LGBT. Throughout the year, more than 10,000 different activities were held across 81 provinces. Even last Friday’s sermon at the mosque focused on the family. Meanwhile, significant regulations were introduced to encourage marriage and having children. As the Family Year is nearing its end, where do we currently stand in terms of threats to the family?” Erdoğan emphasized that the family must be protected against “new generation attacks” and answered as follows:
“The family is the root of our civilization, the bearer of our values, and the most sacred institution that makes us who we are. The issue of the family is very important to us. Just as we develop our defense industry for the security of our country and take measures regarding cybersecurity, we must also protect our families against new generation attacks.”
“New generation attacks”, “protecting the family”, “LGBT perversion”…
Using the phrases “protecting the family” and “LGBT perversion” to target LGBTI+ people, Erdoğan continued his remarks as follows:“During the Family Year, the most important issue for us is to preserve the function of the family in Türkiye. For this reason, we will never allow perversions like LGBT. A nation with a strong family institution gains strength.”
Stating that Türkiye’s population growth rate must increase, Erdoğan concluded his anti-LGBTI+ remarks as follows:
“So, we will move forward into the future with much stronger steps. There can be no deviation from this, and we cannot allow such deviation. Unfortunately, we are currently at 1,7 in population growth rate. This is suicide. We must solve this. The population growth rate of Türkiye reaching such a point is unacceptable. We don’t say ‘at least three children’ for nothing. Why not at least four, five children? Let’s accelerate this, and with an increase in our population growth rate, our country will, God willing, advance into the future much more strongly.”
Tags: human rights, women, life, family, trans, lgbti
