Mr Erdogan said he would have liked to discuss it with UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres, according to Turkish media.The president's government has toughened its stance on LGBT freedoms.Mr Erdogan is reported to have said to Turkish media: "One of the issues that bothers me the most...
is that when entering the United Nations General Assembly, you see the LGBT colours on steps and other places."How many LGBT are there in the world right now?"However much right they have on these steps, those against LGBT have as much right as well."Mr Erdogan, who has frequently labelled members of the community as "deviants", toughened his language during Turkey's presidential election campaign earlier this year.