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Masseur

At the baths, scrubber with 
massage mitt.

Detail of an illustration from the Hubanname (The Book of the 
Handsome Ones), an 18th century homoerotic work by the 
Turkish poet 
Fazyl bin Tahir Enderuni


Masseur

At the hamam baths, a young tellak (masseur) with a scrubbing mitt. Until the early 1900s youths were preferred as masseurs in the hamams, and they routinely performed sexual services.


Detail of an illustration from the Hubanname (The Book of the
Handsome Ones), an 18th century homoerotic work by the
Turkish poet
Fazyl bin Tahir Enderuni.


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