Terakki-i Muhadderat
''Terakki-i Muhadderat'' (Ottoman Turkish: ''Progress of Muslim Women'') was a weekly women's magazine which was published in the period 1869–1870 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. It was the first Ottoman publication which specifically targeted women. History and profile Launched in 1869 ''Terakki-i Muhadderat'' was the first women's magazine in the Ottoman Empire. The magazine was a weekly supplement of ''Terakki'' (Ottoman Turkish: ''Progress'') newspaper published on Sundays. The first issue of the magazine appeared on 27 June 1869. The only editor of the magazine was Ali Raşit. ''Terakki-i Muhadderat'' mostly published the letters from women living in Constantinople. It also featured articles written by women dealing with education, Islam, polygamy Crimes Polygamy (from Late Greek (') "state of marriage to many spouses") is the practice of marrying multiple spouses. When a man is married to more than one wife at the same time, sociologists call this polygyny. ...
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Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) // CITED: p. 36 (PDF p. 38/338) also known as the Turkish Empire, was an empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. It was founded at the end of the 13th century in northwestern Anatolia in the town of Söğüt (modern-day Bilecik Province) by the Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. After 1354, the Ottomans crossed into Europe and, with the conquest of the Balkans, the Ottoman beylik was transformed into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed the Conqueror. Under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire marked the peak of its power and prosperity, as well a ...
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