Talk:Mehmet Tarhan

Comments
Also Turkish military does not see homosexuality as an illness but requires evidence (to avoid everyone simply saying "I'm gay I'm not fit") and medical examination is a standard exercise whenever you are surrendered to military authority. 85.108.76.103 08:25, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * That's the point the objector is making: if being gay is not an illness, why would it require proof and disqualify you from military service? He considered it humiliating.--Adoniscik (talk) 22:07, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Turkish military still uses 40 or so years old DSM-II as diagnostic criteria for all psychological conditions. Homosexuality was removed from DSM in 1974. --78.184.188.5 (talk) 19:50, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Comment
Actually, the fact that Mehmet Tarhan is of Kurdish origin has nothing to do with his predicament with The Powers That Be. That there is a Kurdish issue in Turkey is not in question here; it is simply that it is unrelated to this particular issue, hence serves to cloud it. Basically his racial or cultural background does not matter when it comes to serving or refusing to serve in the armed forces. The fact that he is gay is important: he has an easy way out of compulsory service, but refuses it because of his principles - this important "detail" serves to underline his honesty in his beliefs. There have been other conscientious objectors who have been tried and punished before him, but none have had the option to wriggle out of them. I am no conscientious objector myself, but I respect and support Mehmet Tarhan.
 * The ethnicity is relevant, because he must be aware that the army takes action against Kurdish separatists. He might not condone their methods, but he might feel some degree of sympathy. I can only speculate, but let's leave that on the talk page.--Adoniscik (talk) 22:07, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Mehmet Tarhan. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20061009185413/http://www.echr.coe.int/Eng/Press/2006/Jan/Chamberjudgment%C3%9ClkevTurkey240106.htm to http://www.echr.coe.int/Eng/Press/2006/Jan/Chamberjudgment%C3%9ClkevTurkey240106.htm
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20071015114216/http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article656447.ece to http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article656447.ece

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 20:41, 7 June 2017 (UTC)

External links modified (January 2018)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Mehmet Tarhan. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060721064307/http://www.thenewanatolian.com/tna-8376.html to http://www.thenewanatolian.com/tna-8376.html
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060323121557/http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR440362005?open&of=ENG-345 to http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR440362005?open&of=ENG-345
 * Added tag to http://books.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1789061,00.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 21:55, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Anarchist?
@Asilvering, do you have a better reliable source that associates Tarhan with anarchism? From what I've been able to find, it does not appear to be a defining trait. czar 13:29, 24 March 2024 (UTC)


 * In this case I was just going by what had added. Poking around, I see him referred to as an LGBT activist. There's also this bit in one of the linked interviews that I can't quite make sense of:
 * Sen bir yandan LGBTİ aktivistisin. LGBTİ özgürlük ve eşitlik mücadelenle; Rojava’da verilen, Suruç’ta verilen mücadele arasında nasıl bir ortaklık kuruyorsun?
 * Kendime bir temsil atfederek gitmedim oraya. Öyle bir hadsizlik de yapmam. Parti içerisindeki görevlerim dolayısıyla gittim.
 * I don't know what "Parti" means here. He is certainly associated with Rojava. -- asilvering (talk) 17:01, 24 March 2024 (UTC)