{{Short description|Part of the house reserved for women}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2017}} In pre-Atatürk Turkey, a '''haremlik'''<ref>{{IPA|tr|haˈɾemlik}}, from Arabic ''ḥarīm'' ('harem') + -''lik'' ('place')</ref> was the private portion of upper-class Ottoman homes,<ref>{{cite web|title=Haremlik|url=http://archnet.org/library/dictionary/entry.jsp?entry_id=DIA0135|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224013312/http://archnet.org/library/dictionary/entry.jsp?entry_id=DIA0135|archivedate=2011-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=harem|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/harem|website=Wiktionary|accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref> as opposed to the ''selamlik'',<ref>{{cite web|title=selamlik|url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/selamlik|website=Dictionary.com|accessdate=2 January 2018}}</ref> the public area or reception rooms, used only by men in traditional Islamic society. This contrasts with the common usage of harem as an English loan-word, which implies a female-only enclave or seraglio. Although the women of the household were traditionally secluded in the haremlik, both men and women of the immediate family lived and socialized there.
==Popular culture== Ann Bridge's ''Enchanter's Nightshade''<ref>{{cite book|last=Bridge|first=Ann|title=Enchanter's Nightshade|year=1937|url=http://www.fictiondb.com/author/ann-bridge~enchanters-nightshade~5772~b.htm}}</ref> depicts Ottoman life in the period of Atatürk's rise to power, and makes clear the distinction in social usage in that period between the ''haremlik'' and ''selamlik''.
==See also== * Gynaeceum, women’s quarters of similar function in Ancient Greece * Andron, men's quarters of similar function in Ancient Greece * Parlour
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Category:Ottoman architecture Category:Women's quarters