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Aslı Sancar

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Aslı Sancar


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Asli Sancar is author of Ottoman Women Myth and Reality, a book which challenges the Orientalist myth that Ottoman women were erotic, indolent and suppressed. The book, which gives a realistic account of Ottoman women and harem life based on valid documentation, was awarded first place in the history/politics category in the 2008 Benjamin Franklin Publishing Awards and was a finalist in cover design. It was also published in Turkish in March, 2009.

Ms. Sancar has written intermittently on women’s issues for the last twenty-five years. Most of her articles have been published in Turkish in the Istanbul-based magazine, Women and Family. She has two other books published in Turkish: Awakening to the Light of Islam (1986) and Women and Family in
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Average rating: 3.17 · 491 ratings · 107 reviews · 2 distinct worksSimilar authors
الحريم: رحلة حب

3.07 avg rating — 433 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions
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Ottoman Women

3.91 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2007 — 9 editions
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