{"id":46710,"date":"2011-11-15T12:58:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T10:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=46710"},"modified":"2014-01-06T17:53:22","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T15:53:22","slug":"book-on-ottoman-seraglio-introduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/11\/15\/book-on-ottoman-seraglio-introduced\/","title":{"rendered":"Book on Ottoman seraglio introduced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISTANBUL &#8211; Anatolia News Agency<\/p>\n<p>TURKISH FORUM SHOP : https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/turkish-forum-shop\/<\/p>\n<p>TURKISH FORUM BOOK SALES : https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/turkish-forum-liquidation-sale\/<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46713\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46713\" title=\"book-on-ottoman-seraglio-introduced-2011-11-14_l\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/book-on-ottoman-seraglio-introduced-2011-11-14_l.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Harem ve Cariyelik\u2019 has been prepared to answer questions about the seraglio. AA photo\" width=\"414\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/book-on-ottoman-seraglio-introduced-2011-11-14_l.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/book-on-ottoman-seraglio-introduced-2011-11-14_l-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2018Harem ve Cariyelik\u2019 has been prepared to answer questions about the seraglio. AA photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A new book titled \u201cHarem ve Cariye\u201d (Seraglio and Concubinage) was introduced Sunday at a press conference held at Istanbul\u2019s Dolmabah\u00e7e Palace.<\/p>\n<p>Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil \u00c7i\u00e7ek said the book was prepared because visitors to the palace asked many questions about the sultan\u2019s private quarter, the seraglio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the issue of concubinage is highlighted even in television series recently, people are curious about it. The issue of the seraglio is not only about private life, but it is an important institution about the state administration. We have prepared this book to explain the issue better because we are responsible for the palaces. I hope there will be more publications about this issue in the near future,\u201d said \u00c7i\u00e7ek.<\/p>\n<p>National Palaces Scientific Committee Chairman \u0130lber Ortayl\u0131 said the book was written to answer questions about the concept of seraglio in the Ottoman era.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if it was right that concubines were thrown into the sea in a carryall, Ortayl\u0131 said, \u201cThe killing of sultans\u2019 sons were exaggerated in the period of Mehmet III and Murat III. Murat III had to kill his five brothers because there were separatist movements in Anatolia and his brothers were involved. This situation caused protests and rumors. Throwing concubines into the sea in a carryall is an exaggerated rumor, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beylerbeyi Palace Deputy Director Cengiz G\u00f6nc\u00fc said the book was one of the efforts to reveal the rich cultural and historical heritage of palaces and mansions.<\/p>\n<p>via Book on Ottoman seraglio introduced &#8211; Hurriyet Daily News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISTANBUL &#8211; Anatolia News Agency TURKISH FORUM SHOP : https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/turkish-forum-shop\/ TURKISH FORUM BOOK SALES : https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/turkish-forum-liquidation-sale\/ A new book titled \u201cHarem ve Cariye\u201d (Seraglio and Concubinage) was introduced Sunday at a press conference held at Istanbul\u2019s Dolmabah\u00e7e Palace. Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil \u00c7i\u00e7ek said the book was prepared because visitors to the palace asked many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":46713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2939],"tags":[7483,7482,5125,7484,7481],"class_list":["post-46710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultureart","tag-cariye","tag-concubinage","tag-harem","tag-harem-ve-cariye","tag-seraglio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}