Over 2,000 crates of palace tiles, preserved until 2018, were used to create tile art gallery, retaining their original ...

The historic corridor connecting the Mabeyn section to the Harem-i Hümayun at Topkapı Palace has been transformed into the ...

Topkapi Palace served as the home of the Ottoman Sultans from 1478 to 1856 and is one of Istanbul's most popular attractions. It officially became a museum in 1924, shortly after the end of the ...

A Chinese porcelain bowl is displayed at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, Türkiye, Oct. 23, 2024. The Topkapi Palace was the palace of the Ottoman Empire from the 15th to the 19th century. In ...

Located on top of a hill overlooking the Golden Horn and Sea of Marmara, Topkapi Palace is the biggest palace in Istanbul. Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople, commissioned the palace in ...

"This,” said the guide who was taking us around the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, “is the Courtyard of the Concubines.” We blinked at the sunlight and surveyed the row of windows closed off with ...

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