Transsexuals Take Position against Chief of Police Hüseyin Çapkın
About 100 people protested in Istanbul's district of Beyoğlu, claiming that the pressure on tansvestites and transsexuals has increased ever since Hüseyin Çapkın became Chief of Police.
Bawer ÇAKIR
Istanbul - BİA News Center
29 September 2009, Tuesday
http://www.bianet.org/english/minorities/117323-transsexuals-take-position-against-chief-of-police-huseyin-capkinThe Istanbul LGTB Initiative and the Labor Movement Party organized a demonstration in Istanbul's busy district of Beyoğlu to draw attention to the oppression and applications against transvestites and transsexuals enforced by Chief of Police Hüseyin Çapkın during the last days.
The transsexuals and transvestites argued in the meeting in the early evening hours on 28 September that every day arbitrary fines have been issued to them under the excuse of disturbing the environment. They announced that they are not going to give way to these applications.
