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Sabiha Gokcen Airport to Topkapi Palace transfer -Topkapi Palace Information |
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Topkapı Palace was the official residence for the Ottoman Sultans from 1465 to 1853. The palace is a vast complex made of four main courtyards and many smaller buildings and is a major tourist attraction today.
At its peak the palace was a royal residence the palace and housed 4,000 people.
The Topkapı Palace Museum is today under the administration of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Officials of the ministry as well as armed soldiers of the Turkish military guard it.
The palace contains plenty of examples of Ottoman architecture and also large collections of robes, porcelain, shields, weapons, armor, Islamic calligraphic manuscripts, Ottoman miniatures and murals, as well as a display of Ottoman jewelry and treasure.
The palace has hundreds of rooms and chambers, but only the most important are accessible to the public today.
Imperial Gate
First Courtyard
The Çinili Pavilion
Gate of Salutation
Second Courtyard
Imperial carriages
Palace kitchens
Porcelain and celadon collection
Imperial Council
Tower of Justice
Armory Exhibition Hall
Gate of Felicity
Third Courtyard
Audience Chamber
Dormitory of the Expeditionary Force
Conqueror’s Pavilion
Imperial Treasury
Apartments of the Queen Mother
Baths of the Sultan and the Queen Mother
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Imperial Hall
Apartment of Sultan Murat III
Miniature and Portrait Gallery
Enderûn Library (Library of Ahmed III)
Mosque of the Agas
Dormitory of the Royal Pages
Privy Chamber
Harem
Hall of the Ablution Fountain
Courtyard of the Eunuchs
Passage of Concubines
Courtyard of the Sultan's Consorts and the Concubines
Twin Kiosk / Apartments of the Crown Prince
Golden Road
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Fourth Courtyard
Circumcision Room
Yerevan Kiosk
Baghdad Kiosk
İftar Pavilion
Imperial Sofa Kiosk
Tower of the Head Physician
Grand Kiosk
Dressing Room
Imperial Sofa Mosque
Konyali Restaurant
Fountain of Sultan Ahmed III
Trees in Topkapi Palace |
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