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Turkey’s top court finds privacy violation in refusal to update trans man’s diploma
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Stockholm Center for Freedom
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a university violated a transgender man’s right to privacy by refusing to reissue his diploma with his updated name and gender, the Bianet news website reported.
challenged the university’s decision in the Zonguldak Administrative Court, arguing that using a diploma with his former identity information would reveal his transgender status and interfere with his private life.
The administrative court rejected his case, finding that the university had acted in accordance with its regulations.
The Ankara Regional Administrative Court also rejected his appeal.
The court sent a copy of the ruling to the Zonguldak Administrative Court for the case to reconsidered in order to remedy the violation.