On 17 May 2010, the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, 5 trans activists and founding members of Pembe Hayat (Pink Life) were stopped by Ankara police forces, badly beaten up and unlawfully taken into police custody.
Trans people in Turkey are regularly subjected to harassment and ill-treatment in the hands of police officer.
Human Rights President Mehmet Yilmaz Küçük mentioned that last December his office received 36 complaints from trans individuals who were subjected to police harassment.
On its part, the European Union Delegation to Turkey committed to specifically raise the discrimination and violence against LGBT people with relevant ministries in upcoming meetings and discussions on the political criteria for Turkey’s European Union accession.
ILGA-Europe, together with local and international organisations, will continue monitoring the human rights violations of LGBT people in Turkey.
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