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It happened last summer around 10pm on a train in Istanbul. I recognized that the man in front of me was staring at me through the reflection of the picture. I felt somehow uncomfortable. When I looked directly at him, I saw his hand stimulating his penis. It was disgusting! I stood up quickly and changed my seat to be next to a couple. I was not afraid but felt anger at him. I was also mad at myself because I didn’t say anything loud like ‘Çok Ayıp!’ to publicly confront him, so that he will not do it again.
A friend from Mexico was visiting and couldn’t believe the harassment. We were on a crowded bus in Besiktas in the back row (with four seats, occupying the middle two, the window and aisle seat were empty). A man sat down in the aisle seat, then randomly moved passed us to the window seat, next to my friend. I suddenly realized the man had an erection and was touching himself and looking at my friend and I. We quickly got up and moved to the middle of the bus, but were disgusted and upset.
Unfortunately, because of the constant harassment and these incidents especially, my friend left with very negative impressions of Turks and Turkey in general.