2023-09-24 18:13:33
UN General Assembly
Behind this decoration, Erdogan senses LGBTQ propaganda
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not exactly known for his liberal understanding of politics – and now he made an embarrassing faux pas at the UN General Assembly.
Published24. September 2023, 8:13 p.m
The United Nations General Assembly is under a colorful star…
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… and that’s exactly what Turkish President Erdogan doesn’t like at all.
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He mistook the color scheme for the rainbow colors of the LGBTQ movement.
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The UN General Assembly is currently taking place in New York.
Everything is under the banner of the so-called Sustainability Development Goals, or SDGs for short.
Turkish President Erdogan mistook the SDG colors for LGBTQ colors – and reacted angrily.
At the UN General Assembly, which will conclude on September 26th, politicians from all over the world are currently speaking. The big questions facing humanity are discussed here: climate crisis, the war in Ukraine and hunger in the world. Heads of government from all over the world address the General Assembly here, including the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. However, he was not concerned with the multitude of crises in the world, but rather with the colors that adorned the UN building in New York in many places.
Because the color palette reminded the autocratic president of the rainbow colors of the LGBTQ movement – and Erdogan didn’t like that at all: “One thing that really concerns me the most is this: When you enter the hall of the UN General Assembly, you see these LGBT colors on the steps and other places. How many LGBT people are there in the world right now? No matter how many rights they have on these levels, those who are against LGBT also have rights.” He told the Turkish newspaper “Habertürk”.
That’s really behind the bright colors
You can think whatever you want about Erdogan’s stance on LGBTQ – but the fact is that he apparently misinterpreted the color scheme at the UN. Because they actually stand for the so-called Sustainability Development Goals, or SDGs for short. They can be seen as a global to-do list, consisting of a total of 17 goals that are crucial for the future of humanity: fighting hunger and poverty, for example, curbing the climate crisis, but also ensuring gender equality. Each color represents one of these SDGs.
An embarrassing faux paux for President Erdogan – because he should have known that. The SDGs came into force in 2016. And although UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is a supporter of the rights of LGBTQ people, the colors do not represent the community. A spokesman for Guterres declined to comment on Erdogan’s statement. Homosexuality is not forbidden in Turkey, but Erdogan was already very aggressive towards the community before the elections in April: “We will take active action against perverse tendencies such as LGBT.” According to him, these tendencies threaten traditional family structures.
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