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INTERVIEW taksim : Istanbul 'sex bus': student beaten for defending couple speaks

Istanbul 'sex bus': student beaten for defending couple speaks

On 17 April a young Turkish couple were asked to leave a city bus because the driver considered their kissing and hand-holding as too obscene. Events worsened: whilst arguing with the driver at the stop in Taksim Square stop in the couple's defence, fellow passenger and politics student Gökçe Koç, 28, was assaulted by a stranger getting on the bus. We meet via facebook where Koç started a protest group, Seks Otobüsü (‘Sex Bus Number…’): 34 TN 1992 25T

by Aleksandra Sygiel @ // 17/05/11

taksim, mustafa kemal atatürk, recep tayyip erdogan, politics, sex, istanbul, interview

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