The whole truth about the harem 2

A new book by world famous director of the Topkapi Palace Museum Ilbera Ortayly described the real life of the Sultan's harem. Muslim housing is traditionally divided into male and female halves - the Turkish historian wrote. Garenlik - the female half of a wealthy Muslim homes, where women spend their entire lives: play, sing, dance, meet with friends. There is a hospital and prison, and the door for the removal of the dead. crowded and cold. chilly winters in Istanbul. The wind blows through the Bosporus to the core. Rooms harem servants hardly warmed up. In winter, the women's issue, three sets of warm clothes. However, many suffering from tuberculosis, ie tuberculosis - the most terrible diseases those years. In his spare time pupils of the harem are educated. For several hours a day reading the Koran, they are taught music, and Ottoman culture and mathematics. Theoretical love science course taught by experienced old woman, experienced in all the intricacies of sex. "