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the dominance and oppression of the long-established traditional and conservative institutions such as religion, family, and state. In
Turkey, translation occupies a central position in the way knowledge is produced and organized to subvert heteronormativity and
homo/transphobia, and struggle for rights. LGBTI News Turkey is the most conspicuous LGBTI+ organization in
relation to this, since the platform focuses exclusively on translation. I discuss the role of the activist translators in the
representation of LGBTI+ individuals globally by constructing a “narrative” (Baker
2006a) for the LGBTI+ community in Turkey. I also elaborate the concepts of fidelity and invisibility within activist
translation, and the methods activist-translators employ to create and disseminate a counter narrative against the dominant public
narrative, and question how they position themselves in the LGBTI+ movement.
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