Zeki Muren
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The BBC has a piece on Zeki Muren
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30942013
He was an openly gay icon and singer in Turkey. He was also very flamboyant with the costumes he wore including to be (perhaps) the first man to wear a mini-skirt on stage.
He died in 1996 and the article is related to an exhibition of his work in Istanbul.