Bülent Ersoy is tagged as: turk sanat muzigi, tsm, bulent abla, turkish classical music, turk sanat musikisi Already one of Turkey’s most popular male singers and actors, Bulent Ersoy gained international notoriety in 1981 when she travelled to Great Britain for a sex change operation, a procedure unavailable in her native country. In a further defiance of convention, Ersoy kept the traditionally male name of “Bulent,” rather than exchanging it for a female one, as is usual with male-to-female transsexuals. Returning to Turkey, Bulent found herself in opposition to the extremely homophobic and transphobic regime of Kenan Evren. In a crackdown on “social deviance,” Ersoy’s public performances were banned along with those of other transsexual and transgendered people. This move actually went against a centuries-old tradition of tolerance for the transgendered in Turkish society, dating back to the days when the Ottoman sultans kept young male concubines, or celtikci, who were often dressed as women. Performances by male entertainers in drag are also a time-honored and cherished tradition in Turkish culture. From Ersoy’s standpoint, the ban should not have even applied to her, as she was an actual woman and not simply a man dressed as one. To circumvent the ban, she petitioned the Turkish courts to legally recognize her as a woman. The petiti... Read More About Bülent Ersoy Biography...  Send Bülent Ersoy ringtones to your cell
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