Turkish bath Turc" ("The Turkish Bath"), depicts these spaces as magical and sexual. There are several women touching themselves or one another sensually while some dance to music played by the woman in the centre of the painting. Western male artists allowed their imaginations to run free. The hammam combines the functionality and the structural elements of its predecessors in Anatolia, the Roman thermae and baths, with the Central Asian Turkic tradition of steam bathing, ritual cleansing and respect of water From the 10th century, Turkish kingdoms began to proliferate in Anatolia in lands conquered from the Byzantine Greeks, leading eventually to
Turkish name Turkish name A Turkish name consists of an "ad" or an "isim" (given name; plural "adlar" and "isimler") and a "soyadı" or "soyisim" (surname). Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one "soyadı" (surname) in the full name there may be more than one "ad" (given name). Married women may carry both their maiden and husband's surnames. The "soyadı" is written as the last element of the full name, after all given names (except that official documents related to registration matters often use the format "Soyadı, Adı"). At least one name, often two but very