The word harem, as meaning taboo and/or forbidden, had been used for family concept in the Islamic society. Harem is the private and prohibited place where the dynasty lived in the Ottoman Palace.
This construction which is one of the most beautiful köşks, not only among those in Sofa-i Hümâyûn, but also among those of palace that survived today was built in 1693 to commemorate the conquest of Baghdad by Murad IV.
The word harem, as meaning taboo and/or forbidden, had been used for family concept in the Islamic society. Harem is the private and prohibited place where the dynasty lived in the Ottoman Palace.
This construction which is one of the most beautiful köşks, not only among those in Sofa-i Hümâyûn, but also among those of palace that survived today was built in 1693 to commemorate the conquest of Baghdad by Murad IV.