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Title: Update- Gays and transsexuals in Turkey target in ‘honor killings’
Post by: SandraJane on October 11, 2011, 06:48:02 AM
Post by: SandraJane on October 11, 2011, 06:48:02 AM
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Gays and transsexuals in Turkey target in 'honor killings'
by IŞIL EĞRİKAVUK | Sunday, October 9, 2011
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Members of a LGBT rights organization carry placards during a demonstration in Istanbul to protest the inadequate laws that fail to protect transsexuals from hate crimes.
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
A recent case in which a 24-year-old transsexual was killed by her brother brings attention to whether Turkey's infamous honor crimes also target transsexuals. Such crimes are not uncommon, a lawyer says.
Honor killings against women regularly draw unwanted headlines in the Turkish media, but the recent murder of a 24-year-old transsexual, who was killed by her older brother due to her sexual identity, has drawn attention to another angle of honor killings in Turkey.
Gays and transsexuals in Turkey target in 'honor killings'
by IŞIL EĞRİKAVUK | Sunday, October 9, 2011
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=gays-and-transsexuals-in-turkey-target-in-8216honor-killings8217-2011-10-09 (http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=gays-and-transsexuals-in-turkey-target-in-8216honor-killings8217-2011-10-09)
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Members of a LGBT rights organization carry placards during a demonstration in Istanbul to protest the inadequate laws that fail to protect transsexuals from hate crimes.
ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News
A recent case in which a 24-year-old transsexual was killed by her brother brings attention to whether Turkey's infamous honor crimes also target transsexuals. Such crimes are not uncommon, a lawyer says.
Honor killings against women regularly draw unwanted headlines in the Turkish media, but the recent murder of a 24-year-old transsexual, who was killed by her older brother due to her sexual identity, has drawn attention to another angle of honor killings in Turkey.