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August 23, 2016

Transgender Sex Worker and Activist Murdered in Turkey

Hande Kader was last seen getting in the car of a potential client about a week ago and has not been heard from since. Her friends and partner then reported Hande’s disappearance to the police.

Following the report, police initiated a search and rescue. During the operation, they found a burned body near Zekeriyakoy.

Hande’s partner D. mentioned that Hande was wearing prosthetics which helped identify her body.

It is the latest in a series of hate crimes in Turkey shocking the LGBT and international community.

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December 3, 2015

Attacks against transgender women continue in Turkey

Alev, a transgender woman was stabbed in her heart by a man who approached her as a client in the street where she was working, Pembe Hayat reports.

Alev, who was a mother of one child, and whose occupation was sex worker in Avcilar district of Istanbul lost her life after transphobic hate crime committed this evening in Haramidere. The murderer hasn’t been captured by the police at the moment of this publication. Her friends were at the police station waiting for police chief to give a proper explanation.

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November 25, 2015

Transphobic Hate Crime After Transgender Day Of Remembrance

A friend of deceased Nilay stressed the fact that this transphobic hate crime took place right after 20 November Transgender Day of Remembrance: “The attack took place yesterday after 3pm. Our mutual friend E. talked to Nilay on phone around 3 pm. Nilay said that her client was about to arrive and then she hanged up. Later, we tried to call her again but couldn’t reach. E. got suspicious at night and went to her home. She insistently knocked on the door but there was no answer. She called a locksmith and when they entered the house, they found Nilay’s dead body.

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May 22, 2015

In Turkey, A Spate of Violent Attacks Against Trans Women

On the 2nd of May four trans women were reported to have been attacked, including a trans sex worker named Gülşen who was stabbed in her home in Şişli by two men with a knife and skewer. Reports say that the men were known to her as previous clients. According to Turkish news site Bianet, she remains in a critical condition. That same night, another trans sex worker was attacked by a client in her home.

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