Police officers on trial for beating transsexual - one year after the incident
- added July 19, 2008
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- JanaPokana
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The police officers who beat up and insulted transsexual Esmeray in June 2007 for passing by the front of the station will be tried for the crime of “simple bashing and insulting.”
According to the information Esmeray’s lawyer Meriç Eyüboğlu supplied to Bianet, the prosecutor accuses the police officers Mustafa Muhammet Çırakoğlu and Ceyhan Göven with “simple bashing and insulting.”
According to Esmeray’s account, she was stopped by a police officer while going back to her home and yelled at for taking the route forbidden to her. The yelling was followed by a punch to her eye and kicks by the other police officers when she hit the ground.
Later Esmeray decided to take the matter to the court, since “this was nothing new. Passing by the street in front of the police station (which happens to be one of the major streets in Taksim area in Istanbul and open to public) has been banned to the transvestites and transsexuals for a while.” Esmeray wanted to know if this was legal. She filed her complaint so that others would not have to go through this human rights violation again.
Later, says Esmeray, the police officer came and apologized. He was very sorry, because he did not know that she was making a living by selling mussels. Esmeray says she told him that he did not have the right to hid her even if she was not selling mussels. The police officer asked her to withdraw her complaint, but she did not.
Esmeray said that she also filed a complaint about the police officers who attacked her this May. Eyüboğlu said the Office of Beyoğlu Prosecutor in Istanbul launched an investigation about this incident.
(Excerpts / Tolga Korkut, Bianet)
According to the information Esmeray’s lawyer Meriç Eyüboğlu supplied to Bianet, the prosecutor accuses the police officers Mustafa Muhammet Çırakoğlu and Ceyhan Göven with “simple bashing and insulting.”
According to Esmeray’s account, she was stopped by a police officer while going back to her home and yelled at for taking the route forbidden to her. The yelling was followed by a punch to her eye and kicks by the other police officers when she hit the ground.
Later Esmeray decided to take the matter to the court, since “this was nothing new. Passing by the street in front of the police station (which happens to be one of the major streets in Taksim area in Istanbul and open to public) has been banned to the transvestites and transsexuals for a while.” Esmeray wanted to know if this was legal. She filed her complaint so that others would not have to go through this human rights violation again.
Later, says Esmeray, the police officer came and apologized. He was very sorry, because he did not know that she was making a living by selling mussels. Esmeray says she told him that he did not have the right to hid her even if she was not selling mussels. The police officer asked her to withdraw her complaint, but she did not.
Esmeray said that she also filed a complaint about the police officers who attacked her this May. Eyüboğlu said the Office of Beyoğlu Prosecutor in Istanbul launched an investigation about this incident.
(Excerpts / Tolga Korkut, Bianet)
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- JanaPokana
- 2 months ago
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This was in another country, right? At least we can keep our officers from beating people. Tasers don't leave as many marks...
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- SuperLayne
- 2 months ago
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why are stone age thinkers still running our legal systoms?
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How insulting of him to come 'apologize' when all he wanted was for her to withdraw her complaint -- good for her, for not doing so. Selling mussels, indeed.
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My comment will be on the title of this. I don't think it's a big deal at all that the trial is a year later. I don't know how it works elsewhere but in my state at least usually there is a crime, then they get the person and then they go out on bail and it's about 8-10 months before the trial.
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- SilenceNoMore
- 2 months ago
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How do you ban a person from walking on a public street? I understand that a bunch of idiots come up with a law like this but why do we let them!!! good for her for standing up!!i hope she gives them a good kick in the ass!
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