Transgender Killings Rise in Turkey
Glen Johnson reports from Istanbul on the increasingly common murder of transgender prostitutes in Turkey.
ISTANBUL — Caesar sits huddled down a darkened back alley, her bleached blonde hair falling in strings down her face. She says the streets are not safe.
The 25-year-old has worked Maltepe Road — the most dangerous stretch for prostitutes in Istanbul — for the past few years, since her gender-confirmation surgery.
