The Turkish village is a typical exhibit of the Ottoman empire, spread over a spacious area and arranged in attractive style by Robery Levy, its concessionaire, representing the firm of Saadullah, Suhami and company, Constantinople. Here are no antique castles, no grim weapons or warriors, no peasants, or peasants' homes; instead are luxurious pavilions and bazaars, a miniature mosque, a theatre, with Turkish sedan bearers, and costly articles of furniture and decoration, all true to the life of Turkey in Europe and Turkey in Asia. --The Book of the Fair, 855.
The Turkish village in the Midway Plaisance is said to be peopled by about two hundred men, women and children, and to be an imitation of one of the old streets of Constantinople. There are houses, mosques, kiosks and bazaars; all the manual trades of Turkey are shown by fifty workmen in thirteen houses-- Art & Architecture of the Fair
The theatre is finished in the interior after the manner of the handsome residences of Damascus; and the troupe is composed of sixty-five European and Syrian performers, in addition to a number of gypsies and Bedouins. The languages employed are Turkish and Arabic, and the performances include tragedy and comedy, dances, funeral, weddings, engagements and battles. -- Art & Architecture of the Fair, p. lvi.