Sexuality permeates literary genres – even mystical literature (Schimmel 1979). Popular tales (Nicolaidès 1906), curses, proverbs, riddles, jokes (Burrill 1970), graffiti, and other ephemera all have erotic dimensions. A broad survey is Ertop (1977).
Ottoman high literature
Bâhnâmes (books of libido/intercourse) were part medical, part erotic treatises covering taxonomies of genitalia, sexual positions, aphrodisiacs, and risqué anecdotes. The ear…