The Turkish Letters

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book
gptkbp:author gptkb:Ogier_Ghiselin_de_Busbecq
gptkbp:contains accounts of Selim II
accounts of Suleiman the Magnificent
accounts of diplomatic missions
descriptions of Ottoman court life
observations on Turkish customs
descriptions of flora and fauna in the Ottoman Empire
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Habsburg_Netherlands
gptkbp:form epistolary
gptkbp:genre gptkb:travel_literature
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Renaissance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Turkish Letters
gptkbp:influenced European understanding of the Ottoman Empire
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:international_relations
detailed observations of Ottoman society
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:publicationDate 1589
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Istanbul
gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
16th century
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:French
gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Persian_Letters
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6