Sex Workers of the world Unite!
From CarnalNation.com:
According to a Turkish newspaper, Hurriyet Daily News, sex workers in Turkey are trying to unionize to protect their health and rights. Prostitution is formally legal in Turkey, but the laws are still unfriendly to the safety and health of the workers. According to the law, sex workers have to be registered to be legal, but the vast majority are unregistered. According to Muhtar Çokar, a doctor who serves sex workers, the number of registered sex workers in Istanbul, which has a population of over 12 million, is 126. In Turkey at large, there are 3,500 registered sex workers out of a population of 71 million. Çokar says, "That is too small a number compared to Ankara Trade Chamber, which said there are around 100,000 unregistered sex workers in total in Turkey." Registered sex workers must be single women, work in licensed brothels (there are 18 in Istanbul), and carry a card showing the dates of their most recent health tests.
Buse Kılıçkaya, an activist with the Pembe Hayat Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Association, says that "There is a social consensus that if you are a sex worker then you deserve to be exposed to violence, sexual harassment and discrimination." Assaults on transgendered sex workers by both police and clients are especially common. According to Kılıçkaya, the frequency of attacks and discrimination against transgendered workers, and the need for cisgendered women to remain anonymous to protect their families, has made trans workers especially agressive in fighting for their rights.
As of right now, the meetings on the initiative are closed to the public, and no political parties or NGOs have announced their support.
From CarnalNation.com:
According to a Turkish newspaper, Hurriyet Daily News, sex workers in Turkey are trying to unionize to protect their health and rights. Prostitution is formally legal in Turkey, but the laws are still unfriendly to the safety and health of the workers. According to the law, sex workers have to be registered to be legal, but the vast majority are unregistered. According to Muhtar Çokar, a doctor who serves sex workers, the number of registered sex workers in Istanbul, which has a population of over 12 million, is 126. In Turkey at large, there are 3,500 registered sex workers out of a population of 71 million. Çokar says, "That is too small a number compared to Ankara Trade Chamber, which said there are around 100,000 unregistered sex workers in total in Turkey." Registered sex workers must be single women, work in licensed brothels (there are 18 in Istanbul), and carry a card showing the dates of their most recent health tests.
Buse Kılıçkaya, an activist with the Pembe Hayat Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Association, says that "There is a social consensus that if you are a sex worker then you deserve to be exposed to violence, sexual harassment and discrimination." Assaults on transgendered sex workers by both police and clients are especially common. According to Kılıçkaya, the frequency of attacks and discrimination against transgendered workers, and the need for cisgendered women to remain anonymous to protect their families, has made trans workers especially agressive in fighting for their rights.
As of right now, the meetings on the initiative are closed to the public, and no political parties or NGOs have announced their support.
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