Police arrest, beat transgenders in Ankara

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Police arrest, beat transgenders in Ankara
by Rex Wockner
Bay Windows Contributor
Tuesday Jun 1, 2010

http://www.baywindows.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=glbt&sc2=news&sc3=&id=106345

Five transgender people were arrested and beaten by police in Ankara, Turkey, on May 17, the Pink Life Association and other rights groups reported.

Pink Life said the incident happened near the post office on Baglar Street around 11 p.m. when police used their cars to block passage of a car carrying the transgender people.

Police allegedly pepper-sprayed 25 bystanders who objected to the unfolding incident, then took Buse Kilickaya, Derya (Selay) Tunc, Turkan, Eser and Yesim into custody, beating and kicking them in the process.