Being transgender in Turkey: Some say they live in 'empire of fear'http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/being-transgender-in-turkey-some-say-they-live-in-empire-of-fear-1.3175570CBC News/By Nil Köksal, CBC News Posted: Aug 15, 2015 5:00 AM ET| Last Updated: Aug 15, 2015 5:00 AM ET
"They don't know much about Caitlyn Jenner, Orange is the New Black or the growing mainstream movement in North America to better understand transgender realities.
But they do know how to fight for their right to be themselves. And the leaders of Turkey's trans community are constantly, it seems, having to fight.
"Abuse, assault, hate murders. These are what we're dealing with," says Oyku Ay.
Ay's body is deeply scarred, "a map," she says, of attacks she has survived.""
