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Seraglio
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- A seraglio is the sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish household, from an Italian variant of Turkish saray, meaning 'palace, enclosed courts'. Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı) is the main Ottoman palace in Istanbul, now a museum.
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