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Beylerbeyi Palace
After being deposed in 1908, Sultan Abdül Hamit II spent the last years of his life here. Facing north-west, the palace gets little direct sunlight - it was intended as a...
Abdullah Aĸa Caddesi 12Blachernae Palace
First constructed around AD 500, the palace was extended in the 11th and 12th centuries, by which time it had become the favoured imperial residence. It's now mostly in ruins....
Ivaz Aĸa CaddesiDolmabahçe Palace
Critics' ChoiceIrrefutable 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 CaddesiKüçüksu Palace
Completed in 1857, this relatively small palace was used by Ottoman sultans for short stays during country excursions and hunting trips. Unlike other imperial buildings,...
Küçüksu CaddesiTopkapı Palace
Critics' ChoiceDirectly 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 CaddesiYıldız Palace
Most of the palace dates from the late 19th century when the paranoid Sultan Abül Hamit II ('Abdül the Damned') abandoned waterfront Dolmabahçe for fear of attack by foreign...
Yıldız Caddesi