This publication includes the contributions of three symposia organized by Don Juan Archiv Wien in Istanbul and Vienna from 2013 to
2015: "Culture of Politics or Cultural Politics: Ambassadors as Cultural Actors in Ottoman-European Relations" (Istanbul 2013), "Culture ofPolitics or Cultural Politics - Act Two: Representation, Theatricality and Cultural Transfer in Ottoman-European Diplomatic Relations" (Vienna 2014) and "Culture, Diplomacy and Peacemaking: Ottoman-European Relations in the Wake of the Treaty of Belgrade (1739) and the Era of Maria Theresia" (Istanbul 2015). The series "Diplomatica" will also include 'Interludia' - historical texts of diplomatic reflections from the 15th to the 20th centuries - as intermezzi to the seven parts of this publication, which will be edited in two volumes.