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The Ottoman Empire wanted to strengthen women as much as possible. For instance, the imperial Harem helped women learn about politics, mathematics, theology, music, embroidery, and literature. Some of these women would help the Sultan on governance, while still adhering to the social roles. Free womanhood in the Ottoman Empire did not mean to be separate from their social position. Because of this, the empire flourished economically and socially. Solomon Schweigger, the catholic priest who traveled across Turkey and first translated the Quran to English once reported, "The Turks govern the world and their wives govern them. In no other country women do enjoy themselves as much"[1]