Talk:Seraglio

Hmm
"It is related to a harem, and is a place of cruelty, debauchery and odalisques."

Can someone tell me why exactly cruelty? At worst its a place to have sex in... just not cruelty. I'll change that... LeinaD natipaC 16:32, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I removed it.. it sounds like somebody editorializing, even if it may have been true robo 21:44, 7 January 2007 (UTC)


 * "At worst its a place to have sex"? Let's see, the women in the harem were generally slaves as were the attendants who probably did not volunteer to be castrated. Isn't it at least possible there was cruelty involved?

The last picture is coronation. not courtiers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.165.95.72 (talk) 04:22, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Pronunciation
How is the word "Seraglio" pronounced, and should we include that at the heading or not? Sylocat 17:12, 15 July 2007 (UTC)


 * pronounce as: Sera leo (the g is silent)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.60.240.19 (talk) 00:06, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Forgotten Merger
I agree with it DenizTC 10:44, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't. They are two separate topics. Beorhtric 10:25, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Redirects
Both Kizlar Agha and Kapi Agha redirect here, but the article doesn't address those terms or appear to be related to them in any way. I think that's bad and something should be done about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.245.223.207 (talk) 05:57, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Gate photo
The photo with the caption "The gate of a seraglio" at Topkapi Palace is actually a photo of the main gate of Topkapı Palace, not the harem section. It should be replaced with a more appropriate photo. Trevor (talk) 20:35, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Opening line
In light of the fact that this is just a word used in Romance languages to describe a mystified and fetishized oriental image, I think the opening shouldn't say "a seraglio *is*" but should rather be written "Seraglio is an Italian term referring to..."

You'll notice also that the "In Ottoman culture" section has absolutely no reference to Ottoman culture and instead describes only European depictions of the mysterious Ottoman fantasy. 2604:2000:1281:45D1:7D97:9A5F:6E2E:BC39 (talk) 23:15, 20 March 2020 (UTC)