De Amicis, Edmondo, 1846-1908 -- Travel -- Turkey -- Istanbul; Istanbul (Turkey) -- Description and travel
Tower, dungeon, ii. 129;
Galata, 90;
Leander’s, 166;
Maiden’s, 80;
of Christ, 91;
of Minister of War, 70;
Ovid’s, ii. 295;
Serasker, 242.
Towers, Castle of the Seven, ii. 127.
Treasury, ii. 178.
Treaty of peace between Turkey and Russia, ii. 204.
Tribunal of the court, ii. 132.
Triumphal way of Byzantine emperors, ii. 133.
Tulip festivals, ii. 203.
Tulumbadgi (firemen), ii. 76.
Turbans of time of Suleiman the Magnificent, 140.
Türbehs, the imperial, ii. 235.
Turi, the famous monk, 95.
Tussaud, collection of Mme., ii. 232.
U.
Umm Djiemil, witch of Mecca, 168.
Ummelunia, name for Constantinople, 15.
Umur Yeri, bay of, ii. 291.
Uniform of the army, 188.
V.
Valens, aqueduct of Emperor, 70.
Validêh Sultan, court of the, ii. 185;
mosque, ii. 218;
mosque built by, ii. 275.
Vani, ii. 276.
Veils, ii. 10;
graceful adjustment of, ii. 12;
quotation from the Koran concerning, ii. 10;
use of, ii. 61.
Venetian, envoys confined, ii. 130;
influence of Saffié the, ii. 193.
Venus Meretricia, temple of, ii. 293.
View from Mt. Chamlejah, ii. 241;
from Sudludji, 116.
Vlanga gardens, ii. 138.
W.
Walls, Anastasian, ii. 295;
of Byzantium, 69;
of Constantinople, ii. 103;
of Genoese Galata, 90;
of Seraglio, ii. 147.
War Office, courtyard of the, 242.
Water-supply, insufficiency of the, ii. 80, ii. 96.
Well of Blood, ii. 130.
Well, the Holy, 167.
Wine, Bayezid I. the first to use, 215;
drinking considered a sin, 215;
growing use of, 215.
Women, Turkish, ii. 8;
abuse of the bath, ii. 13;
absence from bazârs, 150;
alone in public, ii. 18;
apartments, ii. 26;
at the bath, ii. 62;
beauty defined, ii. 13;
character, ii. 39;
coarse language, ii. 41;
coquetry, ii. 16;
day’s excursion, ii. 19;
desire to meet Europeans, ii. 64;
dress indoors, ii. 24;
dress in public, ii. 11;
friendships, ii. 42;
games, ii. 40;
gossip, ii. 53;
grace, ii. 44;
indiscretions, ii. 59;
Lady Montague on liberty of, ii. 17;
legal rights, ii. 36;
liberty, ii. 17;
longing for European life, ii. 66;
Mme. de Sévigné on, ii. 40;
manners, ii. 42;
manner of sitting down, ii. 43;
never seen with men, 211, ii. 18;
never mentioned in public, ii. 30;
occupations, ii. 44;
opinion of Europeans, ii. 65;
places frequented by, ii. 18;
police regulations concerning, ii. 61;
respect shown in public, ii. 36;
schemes of, ii. 52;
shoes, ii. 13;
shopping, 144;
social privileges _vs._ European women, ii. 38;
visit to, ii. 43.
Y.
Yali, ancient village of Amea, ii. 286.
Yali kiosk, ii. 204.
Yanghen Vahr, ii. 73;
meaning of cry, ii. 80.
Yashmac, arrangement of the, ii. 10, ii. 12.
Yataghan of Sultan Moussa, 146.
Yedi Kuleh, Turkish name for Castle of Seven Towers, ii. 128.
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