Case nr. Time of incident Date of incident Place of incident Description of incident Type of incident Basis for bias Bias indicator Clarification of bias indicator Source of Type of perpetrator information Description of perpetrator Response of local authorities Impact of the incident 19 evening: 5 pm to 9 pm 04.06.2014 Istanbul, Turkey The victim is a sex worker and works in Beyoglu/Istanbul. She is stabbed while working. Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender identity/Gender expression, Sex work status Difference between suspect and victim, Location, Degree of violence The victim was attacked at a street where trans sex workers work. The level of violence is high. Other sex workers who work in Istanbul Unknown No information available. No information available. No information available. 20 night: 9 pm to 5 am 18.06.2014 Istanbul, Turkey The victim works in Siteler, a district in Istanbul. She is severely attacked while leaving the night club. Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender identity/Gender expression, Sex work status Location, Timing, Victim perception Other sex workers who work in Istanbul Unknown No information available. No information available. No information available. 21 night: 9 pm to 5 am 09.07.2014 Istanbul, Turkey The perpetrator in a black car opens a fire on the victim while she chats with her friend who are also transsexuals. The victim is shot in her head and she is taken to the hospital. She waits for a long time in the hospital and is sent to her home despite the seriousness of her situation. She applies to the police station but her case is not paid enough attention and is harassed by the police. The camera records are not provided in order to find the perpetrator. Serious bodily harm (physical violence) Gender identity/Gender expression, Sex work status Difference between suspect and victim, Location, Timing, Degree of violence The victim believes that she was attacked because she was a trans person. She doesn't know the attacker. The place of the attack is also an indicator because many trans persons visit this place for entertainment. She was clearly targeted at a sex work location where other trans girls worked at. Media Private individual No information available. No information available. No information available. 22 night: 9 pm to 5 am 22.07.2014 Istanbul, Turkey While the victim is working in the Street, police stopped her. They insult, shout and slap her. When she opposes what they are doing, they stop other cars passing by and say "take her and do whatever". The victim asks for being taken to the police station since she is afraid of being attacked by other people. Then, she is taken to the police station where she is beaten and punished with a fine. Assault, Threats and/or psychological violence Gender identity/Gender expression, Sex work status Difference between suspect and victim, Location, Timing, Language used (written, gestures, graffiti) She was targeted when she was doing sex work on the street. The police is also encouraging passers- by to target her just because she is trans. Victim Police No information available. No information available. No information available. 23 Unknown 03.08.2014 Istanbul, Turkey The victim is beaten and raped by 7 people. Serious bodily harm (physical violence), Sexual assault Gender identity/Gender expression, Sex work status Difference between suspect and victim, Location, Degree of violence Victim was kidnapped and raped Media while she was standing on the street where other trans people were doing sex work. Private individual One of the perpetrators is a taxi driver. Other perpetrators' identities are unknown. No information available. No information available. 24 night: 9 pm to 5 am 25.05.2014 Mersin, Turkey A trans sex worker wants to work in Mirac Kandili, which is an Islamic holy night. Some people say "How dare could you do this job in a holy night?“. Therefore, she goes to another street and she is beaten by 3 people. Her head is heavily injured. Police comes, the victim gets on the police car but they do not want to help her since she is a trans woman. The police make her get off the car and she falls. The police do not draw up a record. When she is taken to the hospital, health personnel do not want to treat her. She is humiliated by the health staff. Serious bodily harm (physical violence), Threats and/or psychological violence Gender identity/Gender expression, Sex work status Difference between suspect and victim, Timing, Language used (written, gestures, graffiti), Degree of violence, Victim perception She was targeted while she was Media, Civil doing sex work and because she society was trans and sex worker. She organisation was told not to do sex work on a holy night. She was ignored by the police and the health professionals. Public officials, Police, Private individual One of the perpetrators is a woman. The perpetrators have a card whose license plate is number 27. No information available. No information available. 7