Enderûn was the term used in the Ottoman Empire to designate the "Inner Service" of the imperial court, concerned with the private service of the Ottoman sultans, as opposed to the state-administrative "Outer Service". Its name derives from the location of the sultan's apartments in the inner court of the Topkapı Palace, which in turn echoed the arrangements of the palace in Edirne, the Ottomans' second capital.
- Country
- Ottoman Empire, Turkey
