Turkmenistan — Eşcinsel Seyahat Endeksi 2026

Name: Turkmenistan — Gay Travel Index 2026
Creator: GayOut
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10/100

Yüksek risk #179 of 207

Puan = Yasal 10/60 + Sahne 0/40 = 10/100 · thin scene coverage — legal-weighted provisional score

Updated 15 Oct 2026 · release 2026.3.

A live score, not an annual report — it recomputes as laws, rulings and the scene itself change. See what moved in 2026.

Yasal güvenlik · Legal milestones · Yerinde sahne · Sık sorulan sorular

⚠ Suç sayılıyor

Eşcinsel ilişkiler burada suç sayılıyor veya aktif olarak bastırılıyor. Herhangi bir seyahatten önce hükümetinizin seyahat uyarılarına bakın; bu sayfa bilgilendirme amaçlıdır, seyahat önerisi değildir.

Yasal güvenlik — 10/60 puan

Suç sayılma	Criminalized
Birliktelik hakları	● Hayır not recognised
Ayrımcılık karşıtı koruma	● Hayır
Cinsiyet tanıma	Not possible — no legal gender recognition
Uygulamadaki durum	Active enforcement — arrests and prosecutions continue

Research note: HRW/RFE: 2024 raids, Art.135 prosecutions, torture — GayOut Index 2026.3 legal research (ILGA World / Human Dignity Trust / Rainbow Europe / Equaldex).

Legal composite, five components

Fulfilment per component (100 = maximum). Weights: criminalisation 35% · partnership 20% · enforcement 20% · anti-discrimination 15% · gender recognition 10%.

Legal milestones

Background, not travel advice — how the current status came to be. For planning a trip, rely on the current score, tier and scene sections above; 2026 movements are tracked in the sourced change log.

1927The Soviet Turkmen republic criminalized sexual relations between men, a ban carried through successive criminal codes. ↗
1997Independent Turkmenistan's new Criminal Code retained Article 135, punishing consensual male same-sex relations with up to two years' imprisonment. ↗
2019Amendments raised the maximum penalty to five years, and reports emerged of a gay doctor tortured in state custody. ↗
2020Several well-known figures from the modelling industry were arrested on homosexuality charges. ↗
2021The government told UN bodies it would reconsider the article criminalizing same-sex relations, but no reform followed. ↗
TodayMale same-sex activity remained illegal, with prison terms, forced examinations and compulsory psychiatric internment for repeat offenders documented. ↗

Sources: ILGA World · Human Dignity Trust · Equaldex. Each milestone links to a reference source ↗.

Yerinde sahne — 0/40 puan

Listelenen LGBTQ+ mekanları

Gey barları

Gey saunaları

Sahnesi olan şehirler

Onur yürüyüşleri

Kuir film festivalleri

Detailed scene metrics (for researchers)

Milyon başına gey barı	—
Milyon başına sauna	—
Milyon başına etkinlik	0
Kapsam derecesi	—
Sahne puanı	0/40 (ham sahne endeksi 0/100)

Sık sorulan sorular

Turkmenistan gey gezginler için güvenli mi?

Turkmenistan is rated High risk on the GayOut Gay Travel Index 2026: same-sex intimacy is criminalized or actively repressed. Its legal safety component is 10/60. On enforcement reality, arrests and prosecutions continue.

Eşcinsel evlilik Turkmenistan ülkesinde yasal mı?

No. Same-sex marriage is not legal in Turkmenistan. Overall legal status: Criminalized.

Turkmenistan ülkesinde gey sahnesi var mı?

GayOut currently lists no LGBTQ+ venues in Turkmenistan, so any gay scene is limited, informal or not publicly documented.