“The Love for Young Men Shifted to Girls”: Cevdet Pasha’s Account of Istanbul’s Sexual Culture in the Mid-19th Century
How the Crimean War and the foreign gaze changed the romantic customs of the Ottoman elite.
How the Crimean War and the foreign gaze changed the romantic customs of the Ottoman elite.
The story of a minister who promoted mysticism, spread the Bible, and became the target of homophobic intrigues under Alexander I.