@article{2012,title={House Decoration And Salon Manners In Late Ottoman Etiquette Books},abstractNode={Change and transformation in house-life is one of the most important realms of Ottoman modernization. Changing lifestyle in late Ottoman society created a split between the alla turca and the alla franca (respectively Ottoman Turkish and Frankish style) and this split have gradually penetrated the different layers of house-life from the use of domestic space to the inner workings of family life. The adoption of western equipments, objects of furniture and European table manners, and change in the physical properties of the house not only affected the style of using domestic space, but also produced a new way of life inside the house. In this article, it is analyzed that how late Ottoman etiquette books published between 1889-1918, approached house-related etiquette rules and how they imagine the ideal Ottoman house in the late Ottoman change and transformation process. In this vein, etiquette rules to be applied in different situations such as visits, invitations, tea gatherings, soirée and balls is scrutinized under the title of house decoration and salon etiquette. The approaches of the Ottoman etiquette authors to house-related etiquette rules give hints about how they encounter changing lifestyle, westernization and modernization, how they determine their target audience and what kind of a role they give Ottoman woman in the transformation process.},author={Fatma TUNÇ YAŞAR},year={2012},journal={Journal of Turkish Studies}}