Two trans women sex workers are assaulted by the police in Iskitler/ Ankara while they are playing snowball since there is no client in snowy weather. One police pulls one of the trans women's hair out. The two trans women are taken into custody forcibly and the police threaten the trans women not to work in Iskitler again. The two trans women are eventually released from the police headquarters. The victim is raped, stabbed and usurped by a group of men in Sisli/Istanbul. 1/7/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am 3/15/2015 Unknown Turkey Assault, Threats and/or psychological violence Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Location, expression, Sex work Language used (written, status gestures, graffiti), Victim perception The victims believe that the case is a hate crime. The language used by the police thretening them show the bias too. Victim, Witness, Media Police No information. No information. No information. Turkey Serious bodily harm (physical violence), Sexual assault Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Location, Degree expression, Sex work of violence status Degree of violence is likely to indicate bias motivation. LGBTIQ group Private individuals A group of men No information. No information. Client of sex worker Men. No information. No information. 4 young men. No information. No information. The victim gets into a client's car in which she thinks there is two people. After getting into the car, she realised that there is one more man sitting in the car. She is stabbed in her leg and beaten in the car. The three perpetrators take her to orange groves. She is beaten with a belt and sticks. She asks "for God sake, please let me go". However, the perpetrators say "Do you believe in God, then why do you work as a sex worker? We should torture you instead of killing. You are the first one, we will torture others as well". 3/1/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Language used expression, Sex work (written, gestures, graffiti), status Degree of violence The insulting and threatening language used by the perpetrators and the cruelty of the attack. Media The victim is a trans sex worker who works on a street. While she was working a car approaches her and 4 young men want money from her but she rejects. Since she rejects, these men attack her with knives and sticks. She was taken to hospital and went through an operation. 4/7/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Location, expression, Sex work Language used (written, status gestures, graffiti), Degree of violence, Victim perception, Witness perception The level of violence of the incident is extremely high and the perpetrators curse at the victim using transphobic language. Victim, Witness The victim is a trans sex worker who works on streets. The victim was targeted by 2 police officers on the street while she was in her car. The police officers used physical and psychological violence against her. 4/21/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Assault, Threats and/or psychological violence Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Location, expression, Sex work Language used (written, status gestures, graffiti), History of previous bias crimes, Victim perception Police officers continuously use violence against the victim. Their language is transphobic and whorephobic. Victim Police 2 police officers. No information. No information. Victim is a trans man and he was arrested when he was at a demonstration by several police officers. He was attacked by police officers physically and targeted with transphobic language. 4/2/2015 evening: 5 pm to 9 pm Turkey Assault, Threats and/or psychological violence Gender identity/Gender expression Difference between suspect and victim, Language used (written, gestures, graffiti), Victim perception The language used against the victim was transphobic. Media Police Several police officers. No information. No information. A trans sex worker who lives in Gebze - Kocaeli, argues with her client who came to her apartment and then the client shots her in the leg. She was taken to a hospital. 5/2/2015 evening: 5 pm to 9 pm Turkey Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Location, Degree expression, Sex work of violence status The perpetrator is the client of the trans sex worker victim of violence and she was shot in her apartment where she did sex work, which is likely to indicate hate motivation. Media Client of sex worker A man who is the client of a sex worker trans person. No information. No information. A trans sex worker in Istanbul was severely stabbed in different parts of her body by two male clients in her apartment where she does sex work and live. She was taken to hospital and and placed in intensive care. 5/2/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Location, Degree expression, Sex work of violence status Perpetrators target the victim specifically in her apartment. Media Client of sex worker 2 men. No information. No information. A trans sex worker is stabbed in her back while standing on the street looking for clients. 5/2/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender Location, Timing, Degree of identity/Gender violence expression, Sex work status The level of violence is high and she was stabbed at night while on the street for sex work (specifically targeted). Media Client of sex worker Man. No information. No information. Victim is a trans woman sex worker and she was shot. She was taken to hospital. 5/3/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender Location, Degree of violence, identity/Gender Victim perception expression, Sex work status Victim was shot while doing sex work at a sex work premise. Media Organised hate group - No information. No information. A sex worker trans woman, while working on the street was detained by the police. She was taken to the police station and then was forced to undergo HIV testing. In this process, she was subjected to ill-treatment and was told transphobic words. She was not let to enter in the female toilet at the police station but to the male toilet. 5/10/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Threats and/or psychological violence, Discriminatory incidents Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Location, expression, Sex work Language used (written, status gestures, graffiti), Victim perception The victim was detained while at a sex work venue and she was a victim of transphobic language. She was not let in a female toilet even though she is a trans woman. Victim Police 2 police officers No information. The victim told us that she was extremely afraid in this situation. A trans woman sex worker, while working on the street was approached by a client. She got in the car and then she was threatened by the client, her money was taken from her and she was kidnapped from the city centre to far away from the city. She was raped and thrown from the car alone, where there was no light and no person to help. 5/1/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Sexual assault, Threats and/or psychological violence Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Location, Victim expression, Sex work perception status The victim was kidnapped from the venue where she was doing sex work and the perpetrator knew that she was a sex worker. The victim thinks that she was targeted because she was a trans sex worker. Victim Client of sex worker A guy in his 20s. No information. The victim stated that she was in shock. She stated that her psychology was destroyed and now she is more and more afraid when doing sex work. A sex worker trans woman was approached by a car on the street where she was doing sex work. After negotiating about the price, she got in the car however when the driver tried to steal her bag, she resisted. She was stabbed in her stomach severely. 5/24/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Location, Degree expression, Sex work of violence, Victim perception status Victim believes that she was attacked because she was doing sex work as a trans person. She was attacked at a sex work place and she experienced high level of violence. Media, LGBTIQ group Client of sex worker 2 young men. No information. No information. A trans sex worker was attacked physically by one of her clients. Her wallet was stolen. 5/12/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Gender Location, Language used identity/Gender (written, gestures, graffiti), expression, Sex work Victim perception status Victim believes that she was attacked because of gender identity. She was attacked at a sex work venue and she was told transphobic words. Victim Client of sex worker A young man. No information. No information. A trans sex worker, while standing on the street at night waiting for clients, was physically attacked by 2 young men who had sticks. They hit the victim in her head and arms. 5/28/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Location, expression, Sex work Language used (written, status gestures, graffiti), Victim perception Victim believes that she was attacked Victim, Media because of her identity and work. The level of violence is also high. The language used was also transphobic. Private individuals 2 young men No information. No information. Victim, while walking on the street at night, experienced 2 men throwing beer bottles to her face. The victim was talking on the phone while attacked. 5/28/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Gender Location, Victim perception, identity/Gender Witness perception expression, Sex work status Victim and the witnesses believe that the attack was transphobic. The victim was attacked at a sex work premise. Victim, Witness, LGBTIQ group Private individual 2 men No information. No information. A young trans woman who is a sex worker was attacked by two people posing as clients at her flat. She was severely beaten up and stabbed from different parts of her body. 5/12/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender Degree of violence, Victim identity/Gender perception expression, Sex work status The victim believes that it was a transphobic attack. The level of violence was also high. Victim, Media Client 2 young men No information. No information. A trans woman who is a sex worker was attacked physically by 5 other people on the street where she was doing sex work. She was severely beaten up and was taken to a hospital. 5/12/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender Language used (written, identity/Gender gestures, graffiti), Degree of expression, Sex work violence status Victim was targeted by transphobic language and the level of violence is high. Media Gang gang members who were 5 people. No information. No information. Gender identity/Gender expression The victim is a trans journalist and she was attacked by the police based on her gender expression. Victim, Media Police Many police officers No information. No information. A trans woman who is a journalist, while following an event on the street, was pulled from her hair and physically beaten up by the police. 6/1/2015 afternoon: 12 pm to 5 pm Turkey Assault Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Assault Assault Offender characteristics, Degree of violence, Victim perception Gang 2 trans women who do sex work, were threatened to leave their flats just because of their gender identities and that they did sex work in this flat. Their neighbours in the same building collected signatures to remove them from their flats. In the end, these trans women left the building. 6/29/2015 Unknown Turkey Threats and/or psychological violence, Abusive behaviour, Discriminatory incidents Gender Language used (written, identity/Gender gestures, graffiti), Victim expression, Sex work perception status Both victims believe that they faced this Victim situation because of their work and gender identities. They faced psychological violence from the building administration with clear words targeting their gender identities and profession. Neighbour Neighbours of the victims. No information. No information. A trans woman who attended the Istanbul LGBTI Pride March was targeted and attacked by the police with plastic bullets and she was injured in her legs. 6/28/2015 evening: 5 pm to 9 pm Turkey Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender identity/Gender expression The victim was targeted by the police during the LGBTI Pride March and this demonstrates that it was transphobic. Victim Police fMany police officers. No information. No information. While two sex worker trans women were waiting for clients on the street, a black car came towards them and tried to shoot them with a shotgun, they were not injured luckily. 11/17/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Language used expression, Sex work (written, gestures, graffiti) status Language used and the specific targeting indicates hate crime. Victim 2 men No information. No information. A sex worker trans woman arranged a meeting with a client at her house but after the sexual service, the client who claimed to be a lawyer threatened her to file a case against her and did not pay the money 11/17/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Threats and/or psychological violence Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim expression, Sex work status The perpetrator clearly wanted to use victim's characteristics to threathen and out her. Victim Client a client who is a lawyer No information. No information. 11/2/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Threats and/or psychological violence, Sexual assault Gender History of previous bias identity/Gender crimes, Victim perception expression, Sex work status Victim perceived the crime as hatemotivated. Victim Client a client No information. No information. Threats and/or psychological violence Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Language used expression, Sex work (written, gestures, graffiti), status Victim perception The treaths are clearly indicating transphobic bias. Victim Client of sex worker a client No information. No information. Gender identity/Gender expression, Sex work status The victim believes that it was a transphobic attack. Victim Client of sex worker 2 men No information. The woman is now afraid of being murdered. Client of sex worker a client No information. No information. A trans sex worker working on street was approached by a man with a car, the sex worker agreed to provide oral sex, however the client rode his car to a suburb area and by threatening her, he had anal sex with her and left her on the street after. A sex worker trans woman fell in love with a client and this man threatened her to expose her to her family and asked for huge amount of money. The sex worker's family do not know about her gender identity therefore she was afraid of being exposed to her family and her brother who is a police officer. 10/15/2015 evening: 5 pm to 9 pm Turkey A sex worker trans woman who was assaulted by a shotgun was assaulted again. 11/19/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey A sex worker trans woman was stabbed in her head while in negotiation with her client. She was taken to a hospital and she provided the police with an account of the incident. 11/19/2015 night: 9 pm to 5 am Turkey Assault Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Difference between suspect and victim, Location, Timing, Language used (written, gestures, graffiti), Offender characteristics, Degree of violence, Victim perception Victim perception Gender Difference between suspect identity/Gender and victim, Location, Timing, expression, Sex work Degree of violence status The victim was targeted on the street Other where people do sex work at night and she was stabbed in her head. Private individuals