women in society
Women Living in the Ottoman Society Women, especially from the upper classes, were secluded in their homes and required to wear veils in public. ... Some women came to think that Heaven itself was closed to females. The Turkish women, when married, were never to step foot outside the threshold, and no man or woman shall be admitted to see them for any reason whatsoever, not even their nearest relations, except their fathers and mothers, who are allowed to visit them on one occasion a year. ... The women can see the men through their linen or silken veils, while no part of their body is exposed to the men’s view.