The Harem, Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

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Built in 1470 Topkapı Palace functioned both as the residence of the Ottoman sultans and their families and as the centre of the Ottoman government Closed to the outside world the Harem was the section of the palaces occupied by the Sultan s mother the Valide Sultan the sultan s siblings the concubines who serviced them and the black eunuchs the administrators of the harem

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Size: 5200px × 3491px
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Photo credit: © Bob Masters / Alamy / Afripics
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