Northern Cyprus becomes final European state to decriminalize homosexuality

[JURIST] The Parliament of Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus [official website, in Turkish] passed a bill decriminalizing homosexual relations between men [text, PDF, in Turkish], making it the last European territory to do so. Like the anti-homosexuality laws of Isle of Man and Guernsey [JURIST op-eds], Northern Cyprus's law criminalizing homosexual relations was a holdover from British colonial rule, although the island became independent in 1960. In 1974, the island split between its Turkish and Greek parts; Greek Cypriots decriminalized homosexual acts...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/01/northern-cyprus-becomes-final-european-state-to-decriminalize-homosexuality.php

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