During Ottoman period, rulers wore kavuk and caftan under which they wore shirt and pants.

These clothes were usually made with precious fabrics such as silk and wool. Gold yarns were sometimes used, too. Floral patterns

like tulips, carnations roses were usually used as decoration.

The women in the palace wore long dresses under their caftans. They wore hood on their heads. The fabrics were usually very valuable silk and satin.

They wore shirt under the

caftan and gold belts decorated with precious

stones.

In those years, women cover

their faces with tulle when

they were out.

The women in Anatolia

usually wore simpler

clothes of wool.A

Since Ottoman Empire had a vast area, there were different style of

outfits.

The men wore

shalwar, fez and

turban.

A man and a woman from

Central Anatolia and on the right a shepherd.

A RABBI (ON THE LEFT) , A KADI (İN THE MİDDLE), A PASTOR (ON THE RİGHT).