Women's lives outside the house were limited, but not non-existent. Weddings, engagements, "kina gecesi" (henna night - a celebration among the women of the two families and the bride's friends prior to the marriage), paca günü (sheep feet soup day - a meal given by the bride and groom to their relatives, close friends, and neighbors the day after the wedding), and visits to relatives and neighbors were all occasions to socialize and dress up in one's best clothes. Although there is little evidence on endowments created by women during the Seljuk period, there is a plethora of Ottoman-era data.
Ottoman palace women frequently ascended to positions of prominence and established endowments for the public welfare. With the notable exceptions of Hürrem Sultan (Roxelana), wife of Süleyman the Magnificent, and her daughter Mihrimah, whose charismatic personalities brought them to a position of power and played an important role in the Ottoman world.