Directly behind Haghia Sophia are the walls shielding Topkapı Palace. Part command centre for a massive military empire, part archetypal Eastern pleasure dome, the palace was...
Bab-ı Hümayün CaddesiIn the 1980s, the Turkish Touring and Automobile Association reconstructed this row of nine clapboard houses dating from the 19th century. They were painted in pastel colours...
Soĸukçeşme SokakIrrefutable evidence of an empire on its last legs, Dolmabahçe Palace was built for Abdül Mecit by Karabet Balyan and his son Nikoĸos. It was completed in 1855, whereupon the...
Dolmabahçe CaddesiOverlooking the Hippodrome, the museum occupies the restored 16th-century palace of Ibrahim Paşa. A Greek convert to Islam, Ibrahim was the confidant of Süleyman I and in 1523...
At Meydanı 46The collection of classical antiquities displayed here is world-class and - rare for Istanbul - well-lit and well-labelled. Within the grounds of Topkapı Palace, the museum was...
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