Trans Woman Niler Albayrak Becomes Women's Branch Delegate for CHP

Albayrak last month became the first trans woman to become a municipal worker for the party.

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Trans Woman Niler Albayrak Becomes Women's Branch Delegate for CHP

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Trans woman Niler Albayrak has been elected a delegate for the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul Provincial Women's Branch.

She has become the first trans woman who will serve in the party's women's branch.

In January, she began to work as a driver at Avcılar District Municipality in İstanbul.

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"I am a former sex worker. We, transgenders, have great difficulties finding jobs. I have been actively working in the CHP since 2015. I was telling both my friends at the party and friends around me that I didn't want to do sex work again," she said on social media.

"Another first in Turkey. For the first time in the history of the CHP, a trans woman has become a delegate at the İstanbul Provincial Women's Branch. Long live our struggle!" she said in another message after yesterday's election. (EK/EMK/VK)