Antalya

35-year-old transsexual women Derya T. was stabbed to death at her home in Antalya on 8 February. The police are investigating the matter. Another transsexual woman was injured with a knife two days earlier in Ankara.

Women activists have reacted to a case in Antalya, where a women’s shelter’s location was revealed even at the building stage.

The workshop with local and regional reporters in Antalya brought up issues particular to that kind of journalism. Particularly difficult are lack of training and the sensitive relations in small towns.