Gulhane Park

In the Eminonu district of Istanbul provience is a historical park.Alay Pavilion,is located between the Topkapi Palace and Sarayburnu.

Gulhane Park and Topkapı Palace in the Ottoman Empire period and was out of a protected garden and rose garden would host.Istanbul Cemil Pasha sehremini operator (Topuzlu) was organized in 1912 in time to make the park was opened and the public.

Total area 163 acres.Park on the right side of the entrance of the mayor of Istanbul and sehremini are busts.Also,in Sarayburnu the first statue erected after Ataturk Prebulic (3 October 1926) is available.Sculpture,Australian Kripel were made by architects.Park in the middle of the road either side of the parkway passes.The right of the slope in the Straits to curl the Roman remains in the column are Goths.

Formerly part of Park Sarayburnu a bridge over the Sirkeci railway line was connected to the main park.Ataturk,the public park in the Latin letters the first time publicly demonstrated on September 1 1928.Was sent to Ankara Ataturk's Naas,Gulhane Park in Istanbul last ceremony was held Sarayburnu section 19 November 1938.

Coffin,from the top 12 cars in general received by Yacuz a barge to the pier to be taken to the aromored approach has been to the Civtory destroyers.

In very bad shape for years and ruined the park in 2003 have been restored by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality,the old glorious days a case was brought to On.

Pierre Loti

Eyup Sultan mosque in the graveyard next to the stairs to climb,starting longed through,then watch the one hand to the Golden Horn,while the media whould spread the mystical peace left.Pierre Loti Cafe you get the date of the end of the road is.A few hundred years of history,you get coffe with the unique landscape of ancient times,Genoese and Ottoman will bring..Pierre Loti,lived between the years 1850-1923 the famous French writer and orientalist.Loti naval officer hwo,in 1876 came the first time in Turkey and has been a year.Back in those years in the history of coffee in the Eyup discovered Did not know the magic of the Golden Horn,but that there is another element of Pierre Loti it an Ottoman lady was married in Aziyade name.

Said to be married in France,Pierre Loti and the gread love between Aziyade language like that for years the legend has been transferred from the language.Pierre Loti's novel of the same did not hide the love that Aziyade.That day is today referred to as the coffee is the name of Pierre Loti.Coffee's on the hill,Pierre Loti Tepesi name given moment ..

The hotel serves as host to the six,Pierre was given the names neighborhoods near Loti ; Ayvansaray,Sutluce,Eyup,Balat,Fener,Haskoy and hosts.The price of one night accommodation in a host of the History of between 60-100 dollars on the date of the current atmosphere.Restaurants and cafes in the ceiling and NAKKAS by kalemkar devorated with care.

After a while the sultan was returining but this time at Mazhar-i to the reputation and died from the fall.From Tourism Facilities in the Pierre Loti Halic freat addition to tracking siluetini also have the opportunity to see Miniaturk to above.

Sultanahmet Mosque

One of the most famous monuments of Turkishand Islamic world as the Sultan Ahmet Mosque in Istanbul is visitted by the general public admiration.Other examples of classical Turkish art,this Sultan Mosque was built originally with 6 minarets,ist the only mosque.

The city of Istanbul earlier in the history of space do is surrounded by other important works.The city of Istanbul's most beautiful landscape between the sea be see.1609-1616 the mosque was built within a large complex would have.These are some of the time come to our social and cultural contents,the structure was not.Covered Bazaar,Turkish bath,a soup kitchen,hospital,schools,a caravanserai and the Sultan Ahmet's tomb were the major part.From any angle within the 3 is entered from the door of the complete eterior painting,tile and stained glass windows of the rich and colorful dceorations are faced with.The interior space is a whole big,wide pointed arches of the main and side domes based on the 4 large columns are high.

The mosque's interior walls of the balcony around 3 sides,the numbers 20.000 is devorated with in excess of magnificent Iznik tiles.And all of them up inside the dome is the paint job.The color blue was not mastered the decorative paint.The blue color next to the name of the mosque was painted in repair.In 1990,he finished last in the repair of the interior devor of dark colors on the original is returned.As in every mosque,they are covered with carpet.The main netrance in front near the altar,with magnificent carved marble pulpit lapor takes place.

And single domed mausoleum of Sultan Ahmet medrese building in the north,the Hagia Sophia by.In the summer months here in the park at night sound an light show that the faihtful hear the Ezan to make.Minarets indicated,was to receive abdest as they make their prayers.Friday afternoon prayers,and some other important religious days of prayer in the mosque are made with the community.Otherwise,the prayers,and may be made at any time.Tachers in the collective prayers of the mosque,by reading the Qur'an sectoions are made.Men and women in places of worship is different.Space alone in the middle of the mosque,men,women in the back of balcony shall worship.Feature of classical Turkish,mosque,praying even in the most crowded day,the majority of the community is convenient to see the niche comfortably.

Topkapi Palace

History-i Amire the name Saray-ı Cedid the palace,19th century current name,the walls were obtained from a gate i.Construction of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul by Fatih nearly twenty years after the head has been received;finished construction in 1479,they have made and continue as a dynamic structure with many subsequently have been added.The average area of 700 thousand square meters with a palace,Hagia Sophia in Gulhane from,Gulhane to Sirkeci from a wide spread area,and sur-i Sultani,which is high and wide walls surrounded.Saray walls,from Sepetçi of Kasır,barn door 'It extends up to.28 towers are on top of this wall.The walls of the burned part of the beach,the train line routes 1888th not destyroyed because of tihs destruction has taken a portion of the beach side mansion in.




Topkapı Palace gate thought to be around the three are on.Many of these doors in now gone.Bab-ı Humayun's imposing Palace Gate,St.Sophia,and here's to the sea side of the Sultanahmet Fountain opposite.This door,main entrance of the palace in the morning ezan with Ottoman to door.The door opens,with ezan yatsı were closed.On the door of Mehmet II in 1478 as the first structure Tugra and inscriptions are a date.Another inscription,the Sultan Abdulaziz,in 1867 by the rebuild is on is about.

Bottom-right of the courtyard towards the "executioner fountain"is a fountain named.Bab-yard drop-in against the second base Hi Hi Gate door.Bab-base is the court's actual entry.Which was built by Murat III of the two towers are located on the door.The inscription on the door outside,there is no god except Allah,Hz.Mohammed is his slace and messenger writer.

Harem of the Sultan's wife,concubine to the rooms,as well as dedicated to his mother;selamlık room in Kabul,such as the Sultan of approximately 300 rooms.Another prominent structure in the Harem,is the Tower of Justice.Second in the yard in the 1959 excavations in the 5th and 6 the thought for the day century face two columns has been removed.Here how this aim of bringing the Byzantine ruins are not known.The fire in 1574 in Topkapi Palace,the palace kitchens of the great damage;III Murat,fire and extended kitchen to the Mimar Sinan,has been re-built.Bab-yard field and second base in the Saadet,special sections and the third courtyard of the palace opens.




The Supply Room destroyed building Fatih time and I.Selim has been built on time again.The third courtyard around the room supply in the wider space of the palace school.Palace School,is a kind of school bureaucrats.Respond to the needs of the Ottoman Empire statesman strudents were trained here.Fatih period established in the school; picking system ten years later with the Ottoman that fave Christian education to students.Third,the other a construction yard in front of the cardigan-i Şerif to geom.Here Hz.Muhammad's cardigan is the exhibition.Cardigan-i Serif,I.Selim time,with holy relics,were brought to Istanbul.Tworads the middle of the third courtyard,was built in 1719,III.Ahmet Library has.In anoter structure in the third courtyard,the mosque of the palace school;Agalar mosque.Besides the mosque,the school's succesful students are separated Has Room.




Time and miiatures are exhibited in two halls out of the yard will be fourth.Fourth,in the yard,Sofa Pavilion,Reval Pavilion,Pavilion,such as Baghdad,as well as kiosk,Circumcision Room and Room Hekimbasi out structures.

Deli in the 1641 circumcision room of a structure built by Abraham,close to two hundred years of Ottoman prince here is birbumcised.Another work called Abraham,in 1640 as the İftariye Pavilion,terrace on the side of baldakendir bronze.




Topkapi Palace was built in the most recent structure of the Mecidiye Pavilion,the Golden Horn,Marmara and Bosphorus from the hills to the misiter is a different structure.Was built in 1840 by Structure Abdulmecit.

Today has been converted into museum of histroy of Topkapi Palace,a long-term life histroy of an empire,culture,the majesty,the magnigicence and richness are witness to the visitors.

Ciragan Palace

Ciragan Palace was built in by Sarkis Balyan'a Sultan Abdulaziz's place before III.Selim's early years in 1800 to build,had a wooden beach house.This house was demolished; famous Ciragan Palace was built instead.Also,for the construction of Ciragan Palace was demolished Besiktas of Mevlevihane Palaces of marble,and to measure the total space will be spread face up to 80 thousand square meters.

Next to the palace's main building,the apartment as a harem,and the network has three parts.After a while the board is in Abdulaziz family and confined to the palace with a morning in the palace was found dead in mysterious way.V.Murat with the board of the family in after 29 years in detention are held here.1908 th II.Council Building after the declaration of Constitutional Monarchy is used as a palace,in January 1910 from the electrical ignition of the fire was ashes.After As,the remaining empty land between the wall of the Ciragan Palace,Besiktas have been allocated to the Club and is used as Besiktas's Seref Stat.Into the 1990s,the palace was restored again,it is used as a luxury hotel.

Beylerbeyi Palace

In the second half of the 16th century,III.Murat's Rumeli Beylerbeyi Mehmet Paşa,you will make him a maritime.Here is based on the name Beylerbeyi.In the later period to place participants in Sultan soil;19th century in the first quarter,a wooden palace built by Mahmut II is.This palace is lit,and instead present Beylerbeyi Palace,the famous architect of the period by Sarkis Balya and brother,Abdulaziz is done for.In 1865 construction was completed,the palace is the Sultan family's summer palace.Beylerbeyi Palace,as well as the Sultan's summer palace is also a place where foreign guests are welcomed.

Palace's garden,the trees,was decorated with statues and pool.The inside of the palace in a pool hall ,salience is the harem room,and admiral.Moreover,to sultan room,dining room,in places like Kabul rooms and blue rooms are places worth seeing.There are total 26 rooms and 6 rooms in the palace.Marble Palace in the Garden Pavilion and the Pavilion of Yellow II.Will be built by Mahmut.Yellow Pavilion,Abdulaziz has been restored in time.The bridge is the Garden Pavilion in the barn,was built fort the Sultan's horses.

After the board in Abdulhamit die until the year 1918 shall be kept under surveillance in this House.Palace;Republic era,the Ataturk's guests are also heavy.Today,historical buildings has been converted into a museum,the Anatolian side of the most popular architecture.

Dolmabahce Palace

Dolmabahce Palace,many of the Ottoman sultans lived and in addition Atatürk died here on 10 November 1938.

Mabeyn the railing of the stairs,a wonderful view and decorated with crystals;Mabeyndeki Throne Hall at 36-meter dome,and seven hundred and fifty tons of light bulbs hangig with four crystal chandeliers,floor to room air to a European.This chandelier is the Queen Victoria gift.The Throne Hall on 19 March 1877,II.Abdulhamit host the opening of the Ottoman parliament has done.Moreover,the Harem,a corridor can be monitored are the Throne Hall.

Harem,the Blue Hall of the ceremony,the fun of women Pink Salon,Ataturk's stay in the room,Valide Sultan different places,such as room hosts.30 meters in height at the entrance of the palace's clock tower was completed in 1895 is said.Next to the Dolmabahce Palace Mosque,Ottoman architecture,with marked,Balyanlar is the was completed in 1853 Nikogos Balya.Dolmabahce Palace on the back of the Sultan of the birds for a small pavilion was built in 19th century takes place.Construction of different types in that period,many birds have benn hosted.

Nowadays converted into a museum of Dolmabahce Palace,the National Palace and is connected to the Department.