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RC2ZI7AUZJVN Demonstrators gather at Beyazit Square during a protest march in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2ZI7AJ96I2 Demonstrators gather at Beyazit Square during a protest march in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2ZI7A1MUQN Demonstrators gather at Beyazit Square during a protest march in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2ZI7AJ86DI Demonstrators gather at Beyazit Square during a protest march in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2ZI7AZD7F8 Demonstrators gather at Beyazit Square during a protest march in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2KH7AGUD3D Ilker Yazici (pictured) - stage name Miss Putka - was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend LGBT rights, carrying rainbow flags.? "At first I struggled with myself a lot," he said. "You grow up in the Middle East. It is not easy. I felt like I was the only one, just like most LGBT people feel." Ilker, now 23, never felt the need to hide, however and went on to celebrate who he is. Inspired by "RuPaul's Drag Race" series on Netflix, he sees drag performance as an act of self-expression rather than just entertainment. "Drag is a political act. The audience probably look at me and think, 'What is this freak doing?' I'm getting them used to seeing something they are not used to seeing."? REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TEMPLATE OUT

RC2NH7A43Z3P A man enjoys the seaside as a ferry sails through Golden Horn in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2JH7A1PNCW A man walks through a main road closed by police against attempts to defy a ban to march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2HH7A92DO5 Locals ride scooters on a road closed by police against attempts to defy a ban to march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2IH7AFD5KS A protester raises her fist as she is detained by Turkish police during an attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2NH7AVHQCD A police officer patrols a road against attempts to defy a ban to march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2LH7AHC5VG A protester raises her fist as she is detained by Turkish police during an attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2NH7ABJQQU A labor union member holds flowers in front of the Victory Monument which is banned and closed for those who want to celebrate May Day at Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2KH7AUGRCZ Turkish police officers block a main road to prevent May Day demonstrators from marching through Taksim Square, a famous square banned for May Day celebrations, in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2MH7AFMOQX Tourists walk through a main road closed by police against attempts to defy a ban to march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2LH7AS6TTU Turkish riot police block a main road to prevent May Day demonstrators from marching through Taksim Square, a famous square banned for May Day celebrations, in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2LH7A4IKI5 People react after riot police used tear gas during clashes, as protesters attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2KH7A2HP71 Protesters scuffle with riot police as they attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2KH7AFAMRL Protesters scuffle with riot police as they attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2KH7A3FCNQ A man pushes against a riot police officer's shield with his leg during clashes, as protesters attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2KH7ABW0VK Protesters scuffle with riot police as they attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2KH7AQXTB3 Protesters scuffle with riot police as they attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2KH7AUEV3Y Protesters scuffle with riot police as they attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2KH7AIUMCR Protesters scuffle with riot police as they attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2KH7A3MJWD A man reacts next to riot police officers during clashes, as protesters attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2KH7AXUSEU Protesters scuffle with riot police as they attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2KH7AM9X98 Protesters clash with riot police as they attempt to defy a ban and march on Taksim Square to celebrate May Day in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC23L6AZJ6RX Ilker Yazici, 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, shops at a local market in Istanbul, Turkey, March 13, 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2KP5AOVV82 Ilker Yazici, 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, rests on the terrace of a coffee shop in Istanbul, Turkey, January 26, 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2DA4AIGV3C Ilker Yazici, 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, exercises at a fitness studio in Istanbul, Turkey, November 10, 2023. 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2CM4AFX0X5 Ilker Yazici, 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, gets a tattoo at a tattoo studio in Istanbul, Turkey, November 28, 2023. 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2GA2A9JULR Drag performer Ilker Yazici, 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, gets ready to shoot a sequence for a TV series in Istanbul, Turkey, July 25, 2023. Ilker was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend LGBT rights, carrying rainbow flags. "At first I struggled with myself a lot," he said. "You grow up in the Middle East. It is not easy. I felt like I was the only one, just like most LGBT people feel." Inspired by "RuPaul's Drag Race" series on Netflix, he sees drag performance as an act of self-expression rather than just entertainment. "Drag is a political act. The audience probably look at me and think, 'What is this freak doing?' I'm getting them used to seeing something they are not used to seeing." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

RC2SD3ACBQHC Ilker Yazici (2nd-R), 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, gets a haircut at a barber shop in Istanbul, Turkey, September 22, 2023. 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC21L2A1OYTE Ilker Yazici (C), 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, poses with dancers during a rehearsal for a show at XLarge Club in Istanbul, Turkey, August 10, 2023. "You can perform as long as you are healthy. I'll do it as long as I'm able," Ilker said. He has no worries about performing drag, but living in Turkey does worry him. "I don't know what the future will hold for me here," he said. "It is so unpredictable." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2AH2AUNB8Z Drag performer Ilker Yazici, 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, puts on make-up before a show at XLarge Club in Istanbul, Turkey, August 5, 2023. Ilker was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend LGBT rights, carrying rainbow flags. "At first I struggled with myself a lot," he said. "You grow up in the Middle East. It is not easy. I felt like I was the only one, just like most LGBT people feel." Inspired by "RuPaul's Drag Race" series on Netflix, he sees drag performance as an act of self-expression rather than just entertainment. "Drag is a political act. The audience probably look at me and think, 'What is this freak doing?' I'm getting them used to seeing something they are not used to seeing." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

RC2BV2ALNNYE Drag performer Ilker Yazici, 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, performs during a show at XLarge Club in Istanbul, Turkey, August 26, 2023. Ilker was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend LGBT rights, carrying rainbow flags. "At first I struggled with myself a lot," he said. "You grow up in the Middle East. It is not easy. I felt like I was the only one, just like most LGBT people feel." Inspired by "RuPaul's Drag Race" series on Netflix, he sees drag performance as an act of self-expression rather than just entertainment. "Drag is a political act. The audience probably look at me and think, 'What is this freak doing?' I'm getting them used to seeing something they are not used to seeing." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2BH2A35QM4 Drag performer Ilker Yazici, 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, gets ready ahead of a show at XLarge Club in Istanbul, Turkey, August 5, 2023. Ilker was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend LGBT rights, carrying rainbow flags. "At first I struggled with myself a lot," he said. "You grow up in the Middle East. It is not easy. I felt like I was the only one, just like most LGBT people feel." Inspired by "RuPaul's Drag Race" series on Netflix, he sees drag performance as an act of self-expression rather than just entertainment. "Drag is a political act. The audience probably look at me and think, 'What is this freak doing?' I'm getting them used to seeing something they are not used to seeing." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2HA2A0K2L1 Drag performer Ilker Yazici, 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, poses during the shooting of a sequence of a TV series in Istanbul, Turkey, July 25, 2023. Ilker was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend LGBT rights, carrying rainbow flags. "At first I struggled with myself a lot," he said. "You grow up in the Middle East. It is not easy. I felt like I was the only one, just like most LGBT people feel." Inspired by "RuPaul's Drag Race" series on Netflix, he sees drag performance as an act of self-expression rather than just entertainment. "Drag is a political act. The audience probably look at me and think, 'What is this freak doing?' I'm getting them used to seeing something they are not used to seeing." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

RC24H7AGT15A Ilker Yazici (pictured) - stage name Miss Putka - was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend LGBT rights, carrying rainbow flags.? "At first I struggled with myself a lot," he said. "You grow up in the Middle East. It is not easy. I felt like I was the only one, just like most LGBT people feel." Ilker, now 23, never felt the need to hide, however and went on to celebrate who he is. Inspired by "RuPaul's Drag Race" series on Netflix, he sees drag performance as an act of self-expression rather than just entertainment. "Drag is a political act. The audience probably look at me and think, 'What is this freak doing?' I'm getting them used to seeing something they are not used to seeing."?? REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY TEMPLATE OUT

RC24L2A3CX0U Ilker Yazici (2nd-L), 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, and Alp (L), watches dancers Franky and Meva Altay after a rehearsal outside the XLarge Club in Istanbul, Turkey, August 10, 2023. "You can perform as long as you are healthy. I'll do it as long as I'm able," Ilker said. He has no worries about performing drag, but living in Turkey does worry him. "I don't know what the future will hold for me here," he said. "It is so unpredictable." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2QT2ADOTZK Ilker Yazici, 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, pets a stray cat as he walks next to the Golden Horn estuary in Istanbul, Turkey, August 23, 2023. 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2Y34AGM6IH Sicirik, a pet of the drag performer Ilker Yazici, 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, sits on a mannequin head at their home in Istanbul, Turkey, March 1, 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. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2BB3ASI5LQ Ilker Yazici, 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, cleans windows while his friend Akif Dogru sits on a sofa, at Yazici's home in Istanbul, Turkey, September 19, 2023. "You can perform as long as you are healthy. I'll do it as long as I'm able," Ilker said. He has no worries about performing drag, but living in Turkey does worry him. "I don't know what the future will hold for me here," he said. "It is so unpredictable." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2JP5AB6N66 Ilker Yazici, 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, walks by Taksim Square in central Istanbul, Turkey, January 26, 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2AA2AZCABQ Ilker Yazici (R), 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, and his tailor Fatih Temellioglu, 30, chat in a store in Istanbul, Turkey, July 25, 2023. 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2AA2AMKB0T Ilker Yazici (2nd-L), 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, and his tailor Fatih Temellioglu (3rd-L), 30, ride the metro as they return from shopping in Istanbul, Turkey, July 25, 2023. 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC20L2AOMRE9 Drag performer Ilker Yazici (R), 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, is helped by his tailor Fatih Temellioglu, 30, as he tries on a costume in Istanbul, Turkey, August 10, 2023. 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2QB2A6BGEC Ilker Yazici, 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, searches for accessories in his costume storage in Istanbul, Turkey, July 27, 2023. 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC28A2A1L604 Ilker Yazici (R), 23, a drag performer whose stage name is Miss Putka, is helped by his tailor Fatih Temellioglu, 30, as he tries on a costume at a shop in Istanbul, Turkey, July 25, 2023. 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2MQ5A32PRP 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2MQ5ABW90M 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 SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2MC2AAL0E7 Drag performer Ilker Yazici, 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, performs at XLarge Club in Istanbul, Turkey, July 29, 2023. "You can perform as long as you are healthy. I'll do it as long as I'm able," Ilker said. He has no worries about performing drag, but living in Turkey does worry him. "I don't know what the future will hold for me here," he said. "It is so unpredictable." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB

RC2FA2AWMPQQ Drag performer Ilker Yazici, 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, poses during the shooting of a sequence of a TV series in Istanbul, Turkey, July 25, 2023. Ilker was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend LGBT rights, carrying rainbow flags. "At first I struggled with myself a lot," he said. "You grow up in the Middle East. It is not easy. I felt like I was the only one, just like most LGBT people feel." Inspired by "RuPaul's Drag Race" series on Netflix, he sees drag performance as an act of self-expression rather than just entertainment. "Drag is a political act. The audience probably look at me and think, 'What is this freak doing?' I'm getting them used to seeing something they are not used to seeing." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2NC2AM7QTX Drag performer Ilker Yazici, 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, gets ready for a show at XLarge Club in Istanbul, Turkey, July 29, 2023. Ilker was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend LGBT rights, carrying rainbow flags. "At first I struggled with myself a lot," he said. "You grow up in the Middle East. It is not easy. I felt like I was the only one, just like most LGBT people feel." Inspired by "RuPaul's Drag Race" series on Netflix, he sees drag performance as an act of self-expression rather than just entertainment. "Drag is a political act. The audience probably look at me and think, 'What is this freak doing?' I'm getting them used to seeing something they are not used to seeing." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2Z34ATGUPX Drag performer Ilker Yazici, 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, waits backstage before a show at XLarge Club in Istanbul, Turkey, November 1, 2023. Ilker was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend LGBT rights, carrying rainbow flags. "At first I struggled with myself a lot," he said. "You grow up in the Middle East. It is not easy. I felt like I was the only one, just like most LGBT people feel." Inspired by "RuPaul's Drag Race" series on Netflix, he sees drag performance as an act of self-expression rather than just entertainment. "Drag is a political act. The audience probably look at me and think, 'What is this freak doing?' I'm getting them used to seeing something they are not used to seeing." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2MQ5A03M30 Drag performer Ilker Yazici (C), whose stage name is Miss Putka, performs during a show at XLarge Club in Istanbul, Turkey, January 28, 2024. Ilker was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend LGBT rights, carrying rainbow flags. "At first I struggled with myself a lot," he said. "You grow up in the Middle East. It is not easy. I felt like I was the only one, just like most LGBT people feel." Inspired by "RuPaul's Drag Race" series on Netflix, he sees drag performance as an act of self-expression rather than just entertainment. "Drag is a political act. The audience probably look at me and think, 'What is this freak doing?' I'm getting them used to seeing something they are not used to seeing." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2MQ5AYHXOG Drag performer Ilker Yazici, 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, performs during a show at XLarge Club in Istanbul, Turkey, January 28, 2024. Ilker was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend LGBT rights, carrying rainbow flags. "At first I struggled with myself a lot," he said. "You grow up in the Middle East. It is not easy. I felt like I was the only one, just like most LGBT people feel." Inspired by "RuPaul's Drag Race" series on Netflix, he sees drag performance as an act of self-expression rather than just entertainment. "Drag is a political act. The audience probably look at me and think, 'What is this freak doing?' I'm getting them used to seeing something they are not used to seeing." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC20F3A6HP6B Drag performer Ilker Yazici, 23, whose stage name is Miss Putka, poses for a photo outside a nightclub during an event in Istanbul, Turkey, September 24, 2023. "You can perform as long as you are healthy. I'll do it as long as I'm able," Ilker said. He has no worries about performing drag, but living in Turkey does worry him. "I don't know what the future will hold for me here," he said. "It is so unpredictable." REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya SEARCH "SENKAYA TURKEY DRAG" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

RC2JH7AN3J7D Turkish riot police block a main road to prevent May Day demonstrators from marching through Taksim Square, a famous square banned for May Day celebrations, in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2JH7ASM5PT Turkish riot police block a main road to prevent May Day demonstrators from marching through Taksim Square, a famous square banned for May Day celebrations, in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2JH7ALDNOK Turkish riot police block a main road to prevent May Day demonstrators from marching through Taksim Square, a famous square banned for May Day celebrations, in Istanbul, Turkey May 1, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2CG7A96HZQ Turkish Airlines chairman Ahmet Bolat and CEO of Airbus SE Guillaume Faury pose during a signing ceremony as they are accompanied by CEO of Rolls-Royce Tufan Erginbilgic, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacir, Trade Minister Omer Bolat, President of Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace, Christian Scherer, CEO of Airbus Commercial and Turkish Airlines CEO Bilal Eksi in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2AG7AP90FA CEO of Airbus SE Guillaume Faury shakes hands with CEO of Rolls-Royce Tufan Erginbilgic as they are flanked by Turkish Airlines chairman Ahmet Bolat during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC28G7ADTQJQ CEO of Airbus SE Guillaume Faury addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC29G7A05NIH CEO of Airbus SE Guillaume Faury addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC29G7A4JDXJ CEO of Airbus SE Guillaume Faury addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC29G7AKE0Y6 CEO of Rolls-Royce Tufan Erginbilgic addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC29G7ABB5NQ Turkey's Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2AG7AD0Y4M Turkish Airlines chairman Ahmet Bolat and CEO of Airbus SE Guillaume Faury attend a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2AG7AXSA8E Turkish Airlines chairman Ahmet Bolat and CEO of Airbus SE Guillaume Faury exchange gifts during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2AG7AAGTSU Turkish Airlines chairman Ahmet Bolat and CEO of Airbus SE Guillaume Faury pose during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2BG7AJ0XAV CEO of Airbus SE Guillaume Faury addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2BG7A0IUSZ Turkish Airlines chairman Ahmet Bolat addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2CG7A57KZU CEO of Rolls-Royce Tufan Erginbilgic addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2CG7AFJNA7 Turkey's Trade Minister Omer Bolat addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2CG7ADKWX6 Turkish Airlines chairman Ahmet Bolat shakes hands with CEO of Airbus SE Guillaume Faury during a signing ceremony as they are accompanied by CEO of Rolls-Royce Tufan Erginbilgic, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacir, Trade Minister Omer Bolat and Turkish Airlines CEO Bilal Eksi in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2CG7A7BPF8 Turkey's Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacir addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2CG7A7OYRF Turkey's Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2PF7AJ219K Asylum-seeking migrants from Iran, Morocco, and Turkey sit on the ground while waiting to be picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S. in Jacumba Hot Springs, California, U.S. April 28, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura

RC21F7AB0OGI Turkish and international activists shout slogans during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC21F7AVU2QC Turkish and international activists shout slogans during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2ZE7ADQ2GV A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC20F7AWO7YK Turkish and international activists shout slogans during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC20F7AMK8TV Turkish and international activists shout slogans during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC20F7AFRU1C Turkish and international activists shout slogans during a protest in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

RC2NFY92NZZC Russian cargo ship Angara is pictured in the Black Sea entrance of Bosphorus, off Istanbul, Turkey, December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik

RC27E7A9WJZK Turkey's Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek speaks during a meeting in Sapanca, a town of Sakarya, Turkey, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC27E7AEIQ92 Turkey's Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek speaks during a meeting in Sapanca, a town of Sakarya, Turkey, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC27E7AWLHNS Turkey's Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek speaks during a meeting in Sapanca, a town of Sakarya, Turkey, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC27E7A2TZQE Turkey's Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek speaks during a meeting in Sapanca, a town of Sakarya, Turkey, April 26, 2024. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

RC2VC7A0Z4CY German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara, Turkey, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

RC2VC7AIUUOL German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier poses for a group photo as he visits mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara, Turkey, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

RC2XC7ARP5LL German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara, Turkey, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

RC2XC7A9HE0U German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara, Turkey, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

RC2VC7AVC5C6 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara, Turkey, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

RC2VC7A8CBCE German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara, Turkey, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

RC2VC7AOYRWT German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara, Turkey, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

RC2VC7ARNT5E German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, in Ankara, Turkey, April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan

RC2HC7ACTVWR Somali military boat patrols after the Turkish Navy Ship F514 docked at the Mogadishu Sea Port following the signing of a defense and economic agreement between Somalia and Turkey in Mogadishu, Somalia April 23, 2024. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

RC2FC7AYY6JX Turkish Navy Ship F514 docks at the Mogadishu Sea Port following the signing of a defense and economic agreement between Somalia and Turkey in Mogadishu, Somalia April 23, 2024 REUTERS/Feisal Omar