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Discrimination against trans woman at İstanbul hospital

Discrimination against trans woman at İstanbul hospital

A woman said a health worker "refused to look at my face because of my appearance."

24 January 2023

Trans women fined over March 8 demonstration: ‘I will join it again’

Trans women fined over March 8 demonstration: ‘I will join it again’

Yusuf A. from the November 20 Platform was a part of the Trans+ cortege joining the women’s demonstration in İstanbul on March 6. After the demonstration, police detained five Kurdish trans people, who were later fined as per the Public Health Law.

11 February 2022 Ege Öztokat

Five trans women fined over March 8 demonstration

Five trans women fined over March 8 demonstration

Taken into custody with torture following the March 8 Women’s Day demonstration in İstanbul’s Kadıköy last year, five Kurdish trans women have been fined 3,500 lira as per the Law on Public Health.

9 February 2022

‘Our trans lives are valuable’: Rights groups to protest mounting hate attacks in İzmir

‘Our trans lives are valuable’: Rights groups to protest mounting hate attacks in İzmir

LGBTI+ and human rights organizations will organize a statement for the press in the face of recent hate attacks and murders targeting trans women in Turkey’s Aegean province of İzmir in the last two months.

27 January 2022

Associations raise concerns about suspicious death of trans woman Derya

Associations raise concerns about suspicious death of trans woman Derya

Pembe Hayat (Pink Life) and Kırmızı Şemsiye (Red Umbrella) associations have announced that trans woman Derya has lost her life in Ankara. The associations have said that they will follow up the investigation into her death.

7 December 2021

Transphobic defense by defendant’s lawyer at Hande Buse Şeker case

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Transphobic defense by defendant’s lawyer at Hande Buse Şeker case

The lawyer of Volkan H., who killed Hande Buse Şeker, made transphobic and sexist remarks at the first hearing of the retrial, arguing that she was “not a woman, but man.”

Physician expelled from public service, dismissed over ‘public morality’

Physician expelled from public service, dismissed over ‘public morality’

Dr. Larin Kayataş has been expelled from public service and dismissed “because of public morality.” In a statement about the issue, the physician has said, “I did not make the slightest mistake while practicing my profession.”

14 September 2021

Attacked in İstanbul, trans woman Asya hospitalized

Attacked in İstanbul, trans woman Asya hospitalized

Trans woman Asya was attacked by a man named Emre B. in Beyoğlu, İstanbul on March 9. She has been taken to a hospital in Kocaeli for treatment.

Transgender Women Left in Remote, Desolate Places in Ankara by Police Cars

Transgender Women Left in Remote, Desolate Places in Ankara by Police Cars

The Pembe Hayat LGBTT association has announced that police officers have forced transgender sex workers to get in police cars in the capital city of Ankara and left the women in remote, desolate places of the city.

18 October 2018

Trans Woman Ateş Marked Where She was Murdered

Trans Woman Ateş Marked Where She was Murdered

Rights defenders have memorized murdered trans woman Esra Ateş; recalled that the murder took place a minute away from police station, demanded justice.

Emirhan: It’s Necessary to Have An Organized Struggle and to Record Our Experiences

FROM THE UNEMPLOYED JOURNALISTS / TRANS INDIVIDUALS-4

Emirhan: It’s Necessary to Have An Organized Struggle and to Record Our Experiences

Emirhan Deniz Çelebi is an English teacher and a highly equipped trans man. “I instilled fighting to my students. If I could touch the heart of even a single person, how lucky of me..”, Emirhan says.

27 April 2017 Michelle Demishevich,Elif Ural

Şahika: You Don’t Become A Trans Woman Later

FROM THE UNEMPLOYED JOURNALISTS / TRANS INDIVIDUALS -3

Şahika: You Don’t Become A Trans Woman Later

“There are people who think we are trans women because we are raped. What an absurd logic,” says Şahika, and adds, “It is an inborn condition, one doesn’t later become a trans woman.”

27 April 2017 Michelle Demishevich,Elif Ural

Ece Devrim: I Strongly Resisted Forced Sex Work

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Ece Devrim: I Strongly Resisted Forced Sex Work

Ece Devrim tried many jobs from dishwashing to DJing. She continued İŞ-KUR courses, became a health care worker; when she couldn’t find a job, she had to do sex work despite all her efforts against this. Now, she sells lighters in her wheelchair.

26 April 2017 Michelle Demishevich,Elif Ural

The Ones Who Choose Life, Love, and to Struggle, Just to Spite Hatred

FROM THE UNEMPLOYED JOURNALISTS / TRANS PEOPLE - 1

The Ones Who Choose Life, Love, and to Struggle, Just to Spite Hatred

The life for trans people has become more difficult especially after the 1980 coup; those who were stuck in the triangle of the police, the state and the media took their first steps to get organized.

26 April 2017 Michelle Demishevich,Elif Ural

7th Trans Pride Week Starts with Theme of ‘Resistance and Peace’

7th Trans Pride Week Starts with Theme of ‘Resistance and Peace’

7th Trans Pride week starting with the theme of “Resistance and Peace” on June 13 will end with Trans Pride Parade to be held on June 19, Sunday.

Trans Beauty Contest Tomorrow

Trans Beauty Contest Tomorrow

Angel of Turkey Trans Beauty Contest to be held tomorrow aims to “show transsexuality being constantly excluded from the society is actually no different from the rest of the society”.

Trans Sex Worker Sues Racketeering Gang

Trans Sex Worker Sues Racketeering Gang

First hearing of Zirve Soylu being attacked by a gang racketeering trans woman sex workers begins on Friday, Pink Life says “Let’s not leave Zirve alone against all felons”.

9 February 2016

Doctor doesn’t Examine Trans Woman

Doctor doesn’t Examine Trans Woman

The woman who was refused to be examined by gynecologist saying “You are a man, I don’t approve your condition” has been sentenced to one year and two months of prison.

9 December 2015