This paper examines the social position and everyday life of women in the Ottoman Empire. The first few chapters are devoted to a brief representation of the cultural and religious norms that greatly influenced on the formation of the everyday life of Ottoman women. Next, the paper discusses the similarities and differences between the lives of women in the countryside, in the city, and finally in the Sultan’s court. The three chapters contain records of some early new era travel writters and also European aristocrats, most notably Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who, through their European prism, observed and then recorded certain aspects of women’s social life, especially those of higher class, throughout the Ottoman Empire. There are also some records kept in Ottoman courts, showing that some women had and inherited property and assets, sued others in court and were sued for their omissions themselves. In addition to the social aspect, the paper gives a brief account of the period of women’s rule, in which the influence of the harem on the politics of the Empire was extremely large, thanks to some (over) ambitious Sultanas. The final chapters provide some conclusions about the similarities and differences in the lives of women of different social classes.