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Art in the Mysterious World of the Harem: The Education and Music of Concubines

The Architect and Tragic End of the Tulip Era: Damat İbrahim Pasha

Köprülü Mehmed Pasha: Conditional Grand Viziership and the Salvation of the Empire

Mihrimah Sultan: The Princess of Power and Patronage

Safiye Sultan: The Queen of Diplomacy and Intrigue

Kösem Sultan: The Regent of the Empire

Hürrem Sultan: The Slave Girl Who Became an Empress

Ottoman Palace Medicine: The Hekimbaşı’s Secrets of Healing

From “Private Garden” to “Gülhane Park”: The Palace Gardens’ Rendezvous with the Public

The Color of an Empire: Symbolic Meanings of Colors in the Ottoman Palace


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