TRANSVESTITE & TRANSSEXUAL BARS AND CLUBS IN ISTANBUL
BULENT ERSOY
A very popular classical Turkish music singer with a very strong
voice. She had her sexual transition operation when 'he' was
already very famous about 20 years ago. She tried hard to receive
a legal women I'D in late 1980's, and finally managed. She did
not change her name "Bulent" which is a popular name for men only.
When critiques grow on the TV channels a few years ago as she
officially got married to a men much younger then her, she finally
said "By law I am as women as the wives of the prime minister and
the president, and it is my right to get married as well"
To watch her dramatic performance on one of the soap opera movies
she starred in late 1980's -at You Tube
Click Here
And for another one on a TV show
"Pop Star Alaturca)
Click Here
Vicinity
of Beyoglu and Taksim districts is also the center of drag-queens,
transvestites and transsexuals of Istanbul. The transvestites and
transsexuals mostly live on prostitution as there is a considerable
demand for them due to the 'bisexual' culture of the country. The most
preferred way is being a transvestite. Although they are un-cut
transvestites use woman hormones, have silicon tits, undergo esthetic
operations and epilating.
HENGAME
: 01:00 -05:00
Istiklal Caddesi Sahne Sokak No: 6 Galatasaray, Beyoglu. Across The
Galatasaray Lisesi (High school). Entrance is from the street next to Cite
de Pera (Cicek Pasaji). It's inhabited mainly by transsexuals and few gay.
Hengame literally means "chaos" in Turkish.
1001 PUB MARILYN
: 23:00-02:00
Address: Siraselviler Caddesi, Near Dilson Hotel (Generally known as
1001, 'bin-bir')
The most senior and well-known transgender club of Istanbul. Close to
Taksim Square, near Romanian Consulate.
NO NAME
: 24:00-04:00
Address: Tarlabasi
Avenue. Across the street from flower shops at Taksim Square. This place
is the most popular transgender club and can also be visited by gay-men
comfortably to see the colorful life of Turkish transvestites and
transsexuals.
CABARE 33
: 24:00-04:00
Istiklal Caddesi, Ogut Sokak (First left from Imam Adnan street)
Google Map locating Ogut Sokak (street) EGE 97
: 24:00-04:00
Address: Istiklal Caddesi, Ogut Sokak (First left from Imam Adnan street)
This is one of the senior and popular of the Istanbul's transvestite
clubs.
PINK BAR:
24:00-04:00
Address: Istiklal Caddesi, Ogut Sokak (First left from Imam Adnan street)
Pink is a comparatively new transgender club on the same street with Ege
97
SAHRA BAR:
24:00-04:00
Address:
Istiklal Caddesi, Sadri Alisik Sokak.
Sahra is comparatively cheaper and mostly populated by young ghetto boys
who like transgenders as well as few gay men who like such boys.
