Kocaeli’s Gölcük district after assaulting a hearing-impaired person because he thought the victim was an LGBT individual. The assailant’s real name was reported to be Fırat Kaya, a convict of more than 30 violent crimes, and images of his assaults were shared on social media which led to mass outrage on March 25. “The province is Aydın,” Kaya said in a caption of a photo he posted of himself with the victim he assaulted and gave the victim’s name.
Some anti-LGBTIQ+ comments and insults were also included in the caption. The hashtag “Arrest Fırat Kaya” quickly became a trending topic on Twitter, while hundreds of thousands of tweets have condemned the assault, calling on the authorities to detain and arrest the attacker. “Anyone who openly.