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Article: A market place in the Ottoman Empire: Avrat Pazari and its surroundings.
- Article from:
- Kadin/Woman 2000
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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Abstract
In the Ottoman Empire, the bazaars were considered among the mast important places in a city. Here the appearance of people from various levels reflected the pluralistic side of the Ottoman society. On the other hand, bazaar areas, such as Avrat Pazari (the Women's Market) in Konya or Bartin were those areas where women also could be present and contributed to the commercial activities. Because Ottoman women's relationship with the communal spaces remained limited, Avrat Pazari was an important urban area for the spatial perception of women.
Women's relationship with the public spaces could be summarized in two aspects: Women who used the ...