Protest the Murder of a Turkish Transgender in Ankara, Turkey

From Kaos GL in Turkey

From: news@kaosgl.com
Date: November 13, 2008 11:43:09 PM EST
To: news@kaosgl.com
Subject: Protest the murder of a Turkish Transgender in Ankara, Turkey

Protest the murder of a Turkish Transgender in Ankara, Turkey
November 12, 2008
Press Release by LGBT Rights Platform, Turkey

LGBT Rights Platform held a protest and delivered a press release on
November 12, 2008 in Ankara, Turkey to condemn the murder of transsexual
Dilek Ince. She was murdered in a shotgun attack in Ankara on November 10,
2008. Dilek Ince was buried on November 12, 2008. After the funeral
service, a pres release was delivered in front of the Human Rights
Monument in Ankara.

LGBT RIGHTS PLATFORM - PRESS RELEASE
November 12, 2008, 16:00, Human Rights Monument, Ankara

Gay and transsexual murders are political We now the killers!

Shame on your morality soiled with gay and transsexual blood!

We are in sorrow and anger.

We are in deep sadness, because one of our friends has been a victim of
the heterosexist hate and murdered once again.

Transsexual Dilek Ince, who has been attacked with a shotgun on 10
November 2008, died on 11 November 2008.

We are in anger, because we came here from a cemetery. We are in great
anger because we cannot know which gay or transsexual friend of ours is
the next.

Who killed transsexual Dilek Ince in a shotgun attack? And will the
murderers be found?

Who killed gay individual Ahmet Yildız with a machine gun? And why could
Istanbul Police Department not find the attackers?

Who forced Ege Tanyurek, a young gay person, to commit suicide in Adiyaman?

We are in fear and fright!

We would like to know if gay and transsexuals are not citizens according
to Mr. Prime Minister?

Isn t it a crime to discriminate citizens?

We want to know

if the police will find the murderers?

if prosecutors and judges will give up freeing the killers under grievous
provocation.

We are in fear and freight because we do not know how many other gays and
transsexuals will be killed by the Prime Minister s citizens who got out
of patience.

We want to know if Mr. Prime Minister will create a just and peaceful
society by consternating and disquieting.

We will not change, you will get used to it!

We knocked your doors, we screamed, we wore shrouds, do you think we are
playing a game?

We are being killed just because we are gay or transsexual. We are looking
for justice and we cannot find it.

What we want is not too much; it is only not to be killed because of our
sexual orientation and gender identities.

How long will you watch us being killed by empowering homophobic and
transphobic hate?

Hitler sealed us with pink triangles and killed us in holocaust, but could
not destroy us. You, the watchers! Do you think that you will be able to
destroy gays and transsexuals through hunting one by one?

We announce it!

Gay and transsexual murders are political We now the killers!

We will not let it go!

Shame on your morality soiled with gay and transsexual blood!

Issued by LGBT Rights Platform (Note: LGBT Rights Platform is composed of
LBGT organizations and initiatives in Turkey)



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