SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Hande Kader

1993 - 2016

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Hande Kader (1993 – August 2016) was a politically active Turkish transgender woman. Kader was familiar to millions of Turks as a figurehead for the LGBT community after being photographed at the forefront of the resistance against police forces suppressing the 2015 Gay Pride event in Istanbul. In August 2016, she was reported missing by her flatmate when she failed to return home the following week. Her body was found raped, mutilated, and burnt by the roadside in the Zekeriyaköy up-market on 12 August 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hande Kader is the 799th most popular social activist (down from 778th in 2019), the 1,458th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,464th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Turkish Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Hande Kader ranks 799 out of 840. Before her are Cenk Uygur, Behrouz Boochani, Nathan Law, Xiye Bastida, Chen Qiushi, and Kayla Mueller. After her are Alexandria Villaseñor, Sam Berns, Malebogo Molefhe, Jalila Haider, Emna Mizouni, and Parveena Ahanger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1993, Hande Kader ranks 558. Before her are Virgil Misidjan, Kasumi Ishikawa, Deiver Machado, Amanda Ilestedt, Marta Bach, and Kumi Yokoyama. After her are Darwin Machís, Jan Kliment, Suraj Sharma, Andre Drummond, Kento Hashimoto, and Onel Hernández. Among people deceased in 2016, Hande Kader ranks 635. Before her are Omar Mateen, Dave Mirra, Antoine Demoitié, Stefan Henze, Gwen Ifill, and Phife Dawg. After her are Kalpana, Ailton Canela, Guilherme Gimenez de Souza, Mateus Caramelo, Matheus Biteco, and Sarah Tait.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Hande Kader ranks 1,458 out of 1,347. Before her are Çağla Büyükakçay (1989), Aleyna Tilki (2000), Furkan Korkmaz (1997), Tunahan Kuzu (1981), İbrahim Toraman (1981), and İsmail Köybaşı (1989). After her are Yakup Kılıç (1986), Zeynep Sever (1989), Süreyya Ayhan (1978), Sinan Güler (1983), Necip Uysal (1991), and Ömer Onan (1978).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Türkiye

Among social activists born in Türkiye, Hande Kader ranks 9. Before her are Mari Beyleryan (1877), İbrahim Kaypakkaya (1949), Sakine Cansız (1958), Aslı Erdoğan (1967), Eren Keskin (1959), and Cenk Uygur (1970). After her are Murder of Özgecan Aslan (1995), and Saadet Özkan (1978).

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