SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON THE POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF SARA HATUN, THE FIRST DIPLOMAT IN TURKISH-ISLAMIC HISTORY
SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON THE POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF SARA HATUN, THE FIRST DIPLOMAT IN TURKISH-ISLAMIC HISTORY

Summary/Abstract: During the history of turkic politics, it is observed turkic women close interaction in external and internal issues of the government and their huge impact on state policy. Primarily, mothers, wifes, sisters of rulers had more chance in participation of the matters regarding state politics and diplomatic relations. Their official political satatus is obvious as a matter of fact that these women’s names were printed on edicts, records, and inscriptions. One of the leading woman who has crucial impact on state affairs is Sara Khatun. She is smart, intelligent turkic muslim woman with deep strategy in diplomacy and politics. Ottoman sources name her as Govharshah Khatun and describe her as a first female diplomat with turkic muslim origin. In this study, we try to reveal the political and cultural activities of Sara Khatun, who has distinguished role in turkic political history with her important contributions to the history of diplomacy, as well as to benefit from counciousness of these historical contributions.

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