Lady Mary Wortley Montagu travelled in the 18th century as a woman also Lady Mary knew that her travel letters were different from other travel letters. The whole things were almost the same as the Turkish women. The husband made a decision for her and even for her body. When a woman got married, her heritage was automatically going to his husband. The only thing they could do is get married but if a woman didn’t want to get married, society was pitty her and made fun of her. Before marriage, their father, brother or male relatives controlled their life and after marriage, their husband controlled.
In England, women didn’t have the right to speak. When we look at Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s work, we can understand to what extent she did break. After that West win and the East itself believed they were barbaric. They wanted to see Turks were like a barbaric. This is a false image or other words, it is demonology. That is why they thought Turks were a threat to themselves and they were politicizing a little bit. A person’s own life and culture and belief are the most important things to herself/himself. Why? Because in Crusades, Ottoman Empire was more developed than European countries and the Christian army came across another culture and religion for the first time their life. His work is known as Letters from Turkey.In history, the Ottomans or best known as Turks looked like a barbaric society. After 1715, Mikes spent the rest of his life in Tekirdağ, a city near to İstanbul (also known as Constantinople). Although backed by Ottoman Empire, Hungarian rebels were defeated and Mikes had to choose a life in exile. Kelemen Mikes (1690–1761) was a Hungarian essayist, noted for his rebellious activities against the Habsburg monarchy. One of her important observations was the primitive form of smallpox vaccination. The letters about her travels and observations about Ottoman life was published under the title Turkish Embassy Letters. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) was the wife of Edward Wortley Montagu, the British ambassador to Ottoman Empire between 1716-1718. Busbuecq is also known for his introduction of tulip, from Turkish flora to Europe. Upon returning to his country he published the letters he had written to his colleague Nicholas Michault under the title Turcicae epistolae. During his stay his addresses were Rüstem Pasha and Semiz Ali Pasha both of which were grand viziers.
He was sent to the Ottoman Empire to discuss the disputed territory of Transylvania (modern west Romania) in 1554. Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522-1592) was a diplomat in the Holy Roman Empire. But they are popularly known as "Letters from Turkey" or "Turkish letters". Usually, the series of letters had been collected and published later on with various titles. Letters from Turkey are actually memoirs written by Europeans who had been to Ottoman Empire.
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