I strongly believe it's a song about male prostitution in Turkey. It's such a huge underground business in Turkey. If you open any webpages with live webcams on the internet you'll an immense number of Turkish men exposing themselves for tokens ($$$). As a gay man, Morrissey certainly know the gay scene of Istanbul and the type of masculine men one can find in that environment came to his attention as long as he has visited the country numerous times. This is a real story witnessed by the singer, who surely knows those cruising parks of Istanbul.
I strongly believe it's a song about male prostitution in Turkey. It's such a huge underground business in Turkey. If you open any webpages with live webcams on the internet you'll an immense number of Turkish men exposing themselves for tokens ($$$). As a gay man, Morrissey certainly know the gay scene of Istanbul and the type of masculine men one can find in that environment came to his attention as long as he has visited the country numerous times. This is a real story witnessed by the singer, who surely knows those cruising parks of Istanbul.