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.

[2] Her body was found raped, mutilated, and burnt[3] by the roadside in the Zekeriyaköy up-market on 12 August 2016.

[4] Despite being badly mutilated, Kader's body was identified by prosthetics at the city morgue by Dengiler.

Reports indicate that after death her corpse was set on fire, possibly to avoid identification of the perpetrator(s).

[8] Following her death, there has been a public outcry and protests against the mistreatment of transgender people in Turkish society.