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    The Wider Image: For Turkish performer, drag is a political

    Drag performer Ilker Yazici, 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, gets ready backstage for a show at XLarge Club in Istanbul, Turkey, January 28, 2024. Many in Turkey's LGBT community live in fear after last year's election campaign when President Tayyip Erdogan described LGBT groups as deviants and vowed to strengthen traditional family values. Homosexuality is not a crime in Turkey, but hostility to it is widespread. "When I go on stage as a drag queen, the make-up makes me feel like I am hiding behind a mask," Ilker said. "Miss Putka is a confident person, very open to communication. I am not." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya
    The Wider Image: For Turkish performer, drag is a political
    The Wider Image: For Turkish performer, drag is a political

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