Talk:Köçek

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Put a NPOV and POV-check tag. This: "The köçek phenomenon (plural köçekler in Turkish) is considered to be one of the most significant and disturbing feature of Ottoman Empire culture." is pure OR and POV. There are no references to back up this large claim.Baristarim 01:03, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I find it disturbing, at least. - MSTCrow 07:41, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It was vandalism, has been cleaned up. Haiduc 20:51, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Rakkas means dancer in Turkish. Male or female. Used here as only male. It is not true usage in Turkish.
 * Thanks. Haiduc 20:51, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

It' not true that they were employed as an entertainer and sex worker. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.3.50.254 (talk) 11:11, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Christians?
Where is the source that köçek were mainly Christian boys? Feminine lifestyle for boys is forbidden by the Bible. Unlike in post-Islamic cultures like Persia and Ottoman Empire these things were not allowed in Christian communities. So please present a source or it is not true!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.97.241.30 (talk) 07:01, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Kuchak, meaning citation
I added missing citation to a right data that the meaning of "kuchak" in Persian. But the link takes you an Turkish etymology dictionary which do not have language choice option. Is that a problem? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KCCan (talk • contribs) 19:01, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Kocek

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The result of the move request was: opposed by all genuine unblocked editors Kotniski (talk) 10:41, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Köçek → kocek –
 * in its initial article Kocek in English.-Karbont (talk) 12:14, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Uncontroversial name, move to Kocek. --Karbont (talk) 12:12, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, but I Oppose this move. The majority of learned English-language sources cited in the article use the existing spelling. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:58, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * No brainer oppose, per Justlettersandnumbers. -- Ohconfucius ¡digame! 06:33, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Right, this is nonsense... -Karbont (talk) 10:59, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * It is surely a controversial name; must be moved as Köçek → kocek immediately, too cause confusion; and I dont know why we are still talking about this. --Balkanstyle (talk) 21:38, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment and  have been blocked as sockpuppets. &mdash;innotata 18:52, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Köçek → kocek - per confusion -- 83.235.21.132 (talk) 13:08, 16 August 2011 (UTC) :''The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move.  Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

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False reference to citation and false information
"...they were recruited from among the ranks of the non-Muslim subject nations of the empire, such as Jews, Romani, Greeks.[6] ..."

The source used has no reference of the ethnicities references here, nor does it say that the were non-muslims. 49.184.197.142 (talk) 13:38, 9 November 2021 (UTC)


 * I cannot find this so presumably someone has removed it Chidgk1 (talk) 14:43, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Women and Gender in the Middle East
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Connection with Bacha Bazi
Connection or similarity with Bacha Bazi in Afghanistan should be made. 196.249.97.71 (talk) 06:29, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
 * It is mentioned in "See also" section. If you have reliable sources that discuss this connection, you are welcome to improve the article.- Altenmann >talk 16:04, 4 June 2024 (UTC)