Case
nr.
Time of
incident
Date of
incident
Place of
incident
37
night: 9 pm
to 5 am
23.08.2014 Istanbul,
Turkey
The victim is attacked by 6 people. Three of the
perpetrators are trans sex workers. The victim
is assaulted and threatened by the
perpetrators.
Serious bodily
harm (physical
violence),
Threats and/or
psychological
violence
Gender
identity/Gender
expression
Location, History of
previous bias crimes,
Degree of violence
Members of the same
Media, LGBTIQ
community do not want the
group
victim to work on the same
street out of both economic and
personal hatred. In one of the
social media messages victim
wrote, she expresses that she
was continuously targeted by
the perpetrators because they
hate her since she reject to obey
what they said. Especially the
ones who were not trans within
the group of perpetrators act as
they want to get rid of her.
38
night: 9 pm
to 5 am
09.10.2014 Istanbul,
Turkey
Two trans sex workers working in Topkapi are
attacked with petrol bomb by black veiled and
unknown people. The victims take refuge in a
hotel and they are in good health.
Serious bodily
harm (physical
violence)
Gender
identity/Gender
expression, Sex
work status
Difference between
suspect and victim,
Location
The attackers are most possibly
a gang and they are targeting a
trans sex worker at a location
where trans people do sex work.
39
night: 9 pm
to 5 am
13.10.2014 Istanbul,
Turkey
Taxi drivers working in Taksim attack two trans
women.
Assault
Gender
identity/Gender
expression, Sex
work status
40
night: 9 pm
to 5 am
05.11.2014 Ankara,
Turkey
The victim is subject to violence and her arm
and leg are broken.
Serious bodily
harm (physical
violence)
Gender
identity/Gender
expression, Sex
work status
Difference between
suspect and victim,
Language used
(written, gestures,
graffiti), Degree of
violence
Difference between
suspect and victim,
Language used
(written, gestures,
graffiti)
41
night: 9 pm
to 5 am
11.11.2014 Diyarbakir, The victim is attacked with a knife by her
Turkey
former client who is drunk as well as drug
addict. Her arm is injured.
Serious bodily
harm (physical
violence)
Gender
identity/Gender
expression, Sex
work status
Difference between
suspect and victim,
Location, Degree of
violence, Victim
perception
42
night: 9 pm
to 5 am
18.11.2014 Istanbul,
Turkey
Serious bodily
harm (physical
violence)
Gender
identity/Gender
expression, Sex
work status
Difference between
suspect and victim,
Location, Organized
hate groups, History
of previous bias
crimes, Degree of
violence, Victim
perception
The victim is a trans sex workers Victim
and she was attacked in her
house, where she is accepting
her clients by a former client.
The victim believes that even
though he was drunk he was
motivated by hatred as she felt
so according to his behaviors
and looking at her. She said he
was totally angry with her when
she refused to enter a sexual
intercourse with him because he
was drunk. He shouted at her.
The victim believes that this
Victim
gang attacked her because she
was a trans sex worker. The
level of violence is high and
previously she was attacked on
the same street while doing sex
work.
Description of incident
Trans sex workers are attacked by 8-10 people
whose identity is unknown. The victim is
stabbed in her arm. She gets on a taxi.
However, taxi driver tries to make her get out
of the taxi.
Type of
incident
Basis for bias
Bias indicator
10
Clarification of bias
indicator
Source of
Type of perpetrator
information
Description of
perpetrator
Response of local
authorities
Impact of the
incident
Private individual, Living
in same community
The perpetrators
are sex workers.
The victim and the
perpetrators work
in the same street.
No information available.
No information available.
Media
Gang, Unknown
A group of men
who had masks.
No information available.
No information available.
Taxi drivers use a transphobic
language and they attack them
while on the street which is
around a sex worker venue
Media
Private individual
Taxi drivers
No information available.
No information available.
The perpetrator used a
transphobic language.
Media
Private individual
No information
available.
No information available.
No information available.
Client of sex worker
A young former
client of the victim.
No information available.
No information available.
Organised hate group
A group of men
No information available.
No information available.