On 10th March 2009, Dilan Pirinç (also referred to as Ebru Soykan) was stabbed to death in her home in Istanbul.
Neighbours reported a fight. Police arrived and found the body. Pirinç was taken to hospital by friends but did not survive.
Pirinç, 28, was a leading member of Lambda Istanbul, a GLBT rights organisation, and a transgender activist.
Pirinç had asked for protection from a man who had beaten her on several occasions and threatened to kill her. This man, Birol Can K., is alleged to be her lover and a murder suspect.
http://www.bianet.org/english/kategori/english/113081/transgender-murder-in-istanbul
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/03/12/turkey-transgender-activist-murdered
Neighbours reported a fight. Police arrived and found the body. Pirinç was taken to hospital by friends but did not survive.
Pirinç, 28, was a leading member of Lambda Istanbul, a GLBT rights organisation, and a transgender activist.
Pirinç had asked for protection from a man who had beaten her on several occasions and threatened to kill her. This man, Birol Can K., is alleged to be her lover and a murder suspect.
http://www.bianet.org/english/kategori/english/113081/transgender-murder-in-istanbul
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/03/12/turkey-transgender-activist-murdered
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