Throughout the novel, we get vivid descriptions of the time in Turkey back then. Loti lively gives the details of his various accounts in Istanbul and Salonika, the cemeteries, oriental clothing, mosques, bazaars, the streets, elements of the local culture such as raki and Turkish delight and the ancient cemeteries. To make his experience more relatable with the local culture, he lives among the local people and passes as a native with the new lifestyle he chooses. such asThis includes dressing like a local and hencewhich allows him to blend in more easily and to get to know the "real Turkey". One of the most important and prominent themes in the book is the multicultural dimension of the Ottoman Empire and Istanbul as the most cosmopolitan city of the empire. The novel kids of embodies and epitomizes this multiculturalism through different characters of Greek, Jewish, Armenian, Muslim, Levantine Christian and Jewish origin. During his time in Turkey, Loti has mistresses of Greek, Jewish, ArmeniansArmenian and Bulgarian origin.