A brief history of Turkey

These lands in Anatolia have been settled since 12500 years. The oldest settlement belongs to Old .Stone Age (paleolithic Age) and it...

Around Topkapi Palace

As already mentioned at the beginning of the blog, Topkapi Palace was surrounded by 2km long Byzantine walls on the seaward side...

The circumcision house of the princes

Opposite the Bagdat Köşk is a small house, in which, according to Islamic rules, the princes were circumcised during early childhood. It...

Revan and Baghdad Pavilion – Topkapi Palace

Revan Köşk From the Sofa Köşk, we climb up a stairway and on to a path which leads to a terrace with...

The Fourth Court – Topkapi Palace

Two path and and a stairway lead to the Fourth Court, where mainly the private apartments of the sultans were situated. Sofa...

The Sacred Relics

The building in which the sacred relics are kept, in considered to be the most beautiful structure of the palace complex, with...

Topkapi Palace – Collection of Clocks

The clock collection is near the hall of sacred relics in the previous weaponry treasury. The clocks in Topkapi Palace were not...

Collections of Calligraphy, Miniture Paintings and Portraits of the Sultans

Today, in the previous sleeping quarters of the treasury guards (Hazina Aghas) are, one the ground floor, very interesting calligraphy and miniature...

The Treasury

After the conquest of Istanbul by the Turks in 1453, the sultan’s treasure was preserved in the Yedikule fortress for a few...

“Ak Ağalar Camii” (Mosque of the White Aghas) the present library of the palace

This building, one of the oldest of the palace and probably its largest mosque, dates from the 15th century. After the proclamation...

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