The influences of western clothing culture on that of the Ottomans' during 17th and 18th centuries

17th and 18th centuries have been the beginning of a period in which the relations between the West and the Ottomans accelerated. The stagnation period started in 17th century for Ottomans and on the contrary the improvement in Europe as compared with Ottomans caused Ottoman Palace to enter in a period of compulsory change. The reformations started in military era in 17th century continued rapidly when it came to 18th century with Tulip Age. As a conclusion of Ottomans' political relations with Europe and the willing to know reformations in Europe the interactions started to appear. Ottomans who followed reformations in the West about technique, was influenced from reformations on architecture and clothing, as well. As a result of the interaction between Western states and Ottomans, cultures influenced each other mutually. Thus, westernization movements appeared in 18th century and afterwards. In this study, the clothing sense in 17th and 18th centuries both in terms of the effects for Ottomans and Western states have been analysed to search for the influences of Western states on clothing sense of Ottomans.