12/01/2024 | Writer: Selma Koçak
The Young LGBTI+ Association and Colors of Resistance are calling to jointly follow the case of Ecem Seçkin, which is expected to be the final hearing.
The next trial of the case regarding Ecem Seçkin, a trans woman sex worker killed at her residence in Azra Has Street (Bornova -İzmir) by her client Mustafa Fidan on January 5, 2023, when she was 22 years old, will be heard on Monday, January 15, at the İzmir Bayraklı Courthouse 17th Heavy Penal Court.
At the trial on December 1st, İzmir Chief Prosecutor of the Republic Filiz Bulut had filed a lawsuit against the arrested defendant Mustafa Fidan, who killed Ecem during the night hours on January 5, with the demand to be sentenced for intentional killing with premeditation, brutally or through torment in order to conceal an offense, destroy evidence, facilitate the commission of another offense or prevent the apprehension, carrying an unlicensed knife and qualified robbery with the use of a weapon, in residence, at night.
Young LGBTI+ Association and Colors of Resistance Izmir urge for the hearing
Young LGBTI+ Association urged all LGBTI+ rights, women’s rights and human rights defenders to attend the hearing in order to demand justice for Ecem Seçkin with the following statements:
“We are aware that the discourses and policies of sovereign group-powers create a basis for all kinds of violence and discrimination that transgender people and sex workers are exposed to and encourage potential perpetrators. In this LGBTI+ hostile atmosphere, we continue to stand together and resist for each other. Against all kinds of threats and violence fuelled by the atmosphere of hatred, we stand with trans women. We know that solidarity keeps us alive.”
And Colors of Resistance İzmir said: “The lawyers expect that this trial could be the final hearing. That is why it is important that we gather there; it is essential to be in solidarity to show that Ecem Seçkin and none of our friends who were murdered and driven to suicide are alone.”
Tags: human rights, women
