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.