Les varietats del llenguatge gai utilitzades anteriorment, com a mínim el que s'ha documentat, es feien servir predominantment als hamams, que és on es duia a terme la prostitució masculina durant l'imperi otomà”, explica Kontovas.
The queer slang varieties that were used beforehand, at least what is recorded, were predominantly used in hamams,” which is where male sex work took place during the Ottoman empire, Kontovas says.