This article examines the treatment of prostitution in several genres of Ottoman legal writing—manuals and commentaries of Islamic jurisprudence, fatwās (legal opinions) and ḳānūnnāmes (Sultanic legislation)—and looks at how prostitution was dealt with in practice by the empire’s sharīʿa courts and by its provincial executive authorities. The article uses prostitution as a case study to investi...

Introduction: Throughout the years, numerous factors have contributed to formation of city identity, urban fabric, and architecture. These include inspirations from various civilizations religious influences. Architecture is also determined by such physical constraints as climate, geography, availability specific materials. This article in particular addresses Turkey, a vast country with signif...

Background. Sport lodges are institutions that are responsible for providing athletes with accommodation, food and training. Sport lodges had the same tasks as today's sports clubs and played a vital role in the institutionalization and development of sports within the borders of the Ottoman Empire. Evliya Çelebi is a prominent 17th century traveler. During his lifetime, he traveled throughout ...

1 Temmuz 1876’da Sırbistan ve 2 1876 Karadağ Osmanlı Devletine savaş ilan etmiştir. Savaşın başlaması Devleti tebaası tarafından sevinçle karşılanmış halk akın gönüllü yazılmaya başlamıştır. Yurdun her yanından gönüllüler silahlandırılıp belirli kurallar dâhilinde kıtalarına gönderilmiştir. Özellikle Çerkes gönüllüleri savaştaki maharetleri dikkat çekerken istenmeyen davranışlarda da bulunmuşla...

with the french occupation of egypt in 1798 ad, the communication route of britain to india was threatened and a new stage of conflict and competition began between the two countries in eastern mediterranean, ottoman, iran, indian ocean and the persian gulf. although threats temporarily subsided with the french abandoning egypt, but the continuous french expansionism in the east caused them per...

the domination of ottomans on algeria was resulted by spanish invasions to the shores of this land during the 16th century. so the algeria emirate appealed to famous barbarossa brothers. supported by the ottoman sultan, hayreddin barbarossa conquered algiers in 1529 and changed it to a military base and dominated the eastern mediterranean areas powerfully. they ensured the development of ottoma...

We examine the socio-historical formation of the consumer subject during the development of consumer culture in the context of leisure consumption. Specifically, we investigate how an active consumer was forming while a coffeehouse culture was taking shape during early modern Ottoman society. Utilizing multiple historical data sources and analysis techniques, we focus on the discursive negotiat...