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Trans prostitute recounts the precariousness of living in Turkey due to the pandemic

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Istambul, Mar 3 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Sedat Suna) The closure of brothels and curfews as a preventive measure against the coronavirus pandemic has caused a great precariousness of prostitution in Turkey, a legal activity but still lacking many rights.FOOTAGE OF THE DAILY LIFE OF DERYA KARAGÖZ, TRANS PROSTITUTE IN ISTAMBULSOUNDBITES OF KARAGÖZ00'04-00'09: Hello, my name is Cansel, known as Derya Karagöz.00'09-00'13: What, what kind of life do I have? Let me start there.00'13- 00'20: I am a trans person. I became a woman, I became a trans person.00'20- 00'28: I never did this to be a sex worker. But I came across this.00'28- 00'35: Sex work is the heaviest in the world. In all dimensions: physical, corporal, psychological ...00'35- 00'39: We have no other way of life.00'39- 00'43: It is something very difficult, only those who live it can know it.00'43- 01'00: I speak of 80% of trans people. You can never speak 100% of anything. But I think nobody wants to be a sex worker.01'00- 01'11: Let's talk about Turkey. In hate killings in Turkey, the transphobia is much higher.01'11-01'21: It's like that. Nobody asks about trans people if they get sick.01'21-01'38: The man wears a mask and asks me to put it on. It's fine. But his body touches my body.01'38-01'48: Now, all trans people have Instagram, Twitter, TikTok ...01'48-02'00: I don't use TikTok but ... The potential to find clients for them has increased.02'00- 02'08: They are safer with social networks. They stay at home. They have the customer's number.02'08- 02'19: There are many trans people who work with Twitter and will earn money, but Twitter blocks them.02'19- 02'24: Also on Instagram they cancel your account.02'24- 02'38: Ok, we can't work on the street because of the covid. We can't eat from Twitter ... So what do we eat?02'38- 03'02: Sex workers are in a very difficult situation. Earning your bread is very difficult. We have hit rock bottom. We do not have anything.03'02- 03'10: Try to understand from my voice how difficult it is to speak.

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