TUR_RU_471

Person
Short description (English)

In Mersin, a sex worker trans woman was threatened and beaten. When she went to the police for filing a complaint, the police did not take her complaint seriously by saying that " we know that man he is not such a man to do that to you".

Date of incident
May 2, 2016
Type of incident
  • Assault
  • Discriminatory incidents
  • Threats and/or psychological violence
Type of perpetrator
  • Gang
  • No direct relationship
  • Police
  • Public officials
Type of location of incident
  • Near sex work venue
  • Road
Country
Turkey
Geolocation

Latitude: 38.9637

Longitude: 35.2433

Geolocation