Remembering Our Dead

Gunce Hatun

Gunce was shot dead on the street. Police arrested a man who is a driver for a private bank. He claimed Hatun tried to force her way into his car.

A trans women from Beylikduzu in Istanbul was shot last Saturday, tragically extending 2012’s list of murdered transgender women in Turkey.

Gunce Hatun, a 19-year-old who worked as a sex worker was shot dead on the street, said Kemal Ordek a Turkish steering committee member for Transgender Europe.

Turkish news reports say that police arrested a man who is a driver for a private bank. He claimed Hatun tried to force her way into his car.

TvT project: Gay Star News, 19.12.2012

https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/trans-murder-toll-rises-again-turkey191212/

Report added: 31 Oct 2018. Last updated: 13 Jan 2021

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