Pakistan, June 1 -- US rapper Kanye West, who has been barred from performing in several countries due to past antisemitic comments, drew more than 100,000 fans to a concert in Istanbul on Saturday night.

West, also known as Ye, has faced a wave of cancellations across Europe this summer following years of antisemitic remarks, including statements praising Adolf Hitler and the release of content using Nazi imagery.

In his first appearance ?in Europe since 2014 and his first in Turkey, Ye performed for two hours in Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium to an audience of 118,000, state-run Anadolu said.

Among the audience were fans from Britain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Poland and the Middle East, Anadolu said. The 4...