Köçek Encyclopedic Definition

Köçek typically a very handsome young male slave effeminate dancer (rakkas), who usually cross-dressed in feminine attire As of 1805, there were approximately 600 köçek dancers working in the taverns of the Turkish capital. They were outlawed in 1837 due to fighting among audience members over the dancers. With the suppression of harem culture under Sultan Abdulaziz (1861–1876) and Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1876–1908), köçek dance and music lost the support of its imperial patrons and gradually disappeared.

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