A magnificent circumcision carnival in the early 18th century Ottoman period

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 300-303

  Verit, Ayhan ^a,c   Cengiz, Mustafa ^a   Yeni, Ercan ^a   Unal, Dogan ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Circumcision festivity; Ottoman period; Surname i Vehbi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; HISTORY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; TURKEY;

EID: 28644432699     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089162     Document Type: Article

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