In the Turkish Letters, Ogier de Busbecq writes about the women in the Ottoman Society. He speaks about the laws and what is required out of a Turkish woman/wife. The Turks are referred to as "the most careful people in the world of the modesty of their wives." In this society they think the modesty of their wives won't be compromised if they stay shut up at home and hidden away, but if unusual circumstances arise and they have to go out into the streets, "they are sent out so covered and wrapped up in veils that they seem to those who meet them mere gliding ghosts." Men of higher rank or richer classes make it a rule that once they marry their wives can't set foot outside of their threshold. Men in this society can marry as many women as they want, but if a wife...