HÜRRIYET DAILY NEWS: The Military High Administrative Court has approved the dismissal of a soldier from the military after he wore women’s clothing in public, daily Hürriyet reported Saturday.
In 2008, a male wearing a miniskirt, blouse and stockings ran from police in a park in Istanbul. Police stopped him, and the individual showed the police his military ID. He was a noncommissioned officer and told them he was on active duty. The prosecutor opened a case against him for behaving impudently. The military also issued a medical report concluding that he could not serve in the military due to heavy psychosexual disorder.
The military dismissed the officer, leading him to file suit to halt the administrative process. However, the high court approved the decision, saying that the sexual orientation of an active duty soldier does not enable him to behave against honor of the Turkish Armed Forces, or TSK.
The court said his sexual interest in his own gender and preference for wearing women’s clothing in a way that is not suitable for a TSK member, is not tolerated by the society, is not in harmony with the moral values of society and shows the “ethical inferiority” of the officer, preventing him from doing his job in the military.
One judge voted against the decision and said dismissing the officer from the military based on one incident of behavior is not measurable in comparison to his crime. [Source: Hürriyet] Istanbul | Sunday, October 03, 2010
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