Prove it: Homosexuality in the Turkish military
Apparently there are two exemptions from compulsory military service in Turkey: disability and homosexuality.
Bizarre:
K., a gay man in his mid 20s who works at an NGO, was called up to the military this year. "The first time I went for a medical examination," he recalls, "I told the psychiatrist in charge I was gay, but he claimed that I was pretending." K. was forced to spend a night in a military psychiatric hospital where, he says, another doctor asked him to provide pictures documenting his homosexuality. K. then asked a friend to take photos as he and his boyfriend had sex in their apartment. At his next meeting with military doctors, K. handed over the prints. The first doctor's assessment was overturned: K. was declared gay and, as such, ineligible for service. "Mine is not an isolated case," he says. "I know of many other gays who have been asked for photos."
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/12/03/do_ask_must_tell?page=0,0
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