The fundamental role attributed to marriage in the Ottoman Empire did not translate into direct intervention and remained very limited until the last decades of the Ottoman Empire. Each religious community had its own rules regarding marriage, which believers had to follow.
The official religion of the Ottoman Empire was Islam, and the expansion of its territories obeyed, in principle, to the need to take the religion to the whole world. It follows the principles revealed by Allah to the prophet Muhammad.
Turkish traditions
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the Sultan and the Sultana are considered the Sultan and the Sultana.the sultan did not marry legally, but kept some concubines in his harem.who bore him heirs: each concubine who procreated a single male child was subsequently sent with him to the province assigned to him to rule.
The Kız isteme, as it is called in Turkish, follows a precisely defined ceremony. The groom travels with his parents, as well as older members of the family, with flowers and chocolates (sometimes also gifts) on a fixed day to the bride's parents' home
Marriage in the Turkish Civil RegistryThe ceremony itself lasts no more than 10 minutes. Afterwards, the bride and groom line up at the registry office, in front of the wedding hall, to receive congratulations and gifts in the form of money or gold and take pictures with the guests.
Before the bride leaves the house, her father, brother or uncle pray for her commemorating the prophet and greeting him and tie a red ribbon around her waist. This ribbon signifies for the bride to bring luck and goodness to the place where she goes.