Category: Palaces & Pavilions

Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), the residence of the Ottoman Sultans, is the administrative and educational center of the state. Istanbul conqueror Sultan II. In the palace […]

Basketmakers Pavilion (Sepetçiler Kasrı) was built in 1643 upon the order of Sultan İbrahim, with the architecture of Hassa Chief Architect Kasım Ağa. It is said […]

Ihlamur Pavilion (Ihlamur Kasrı), located in Istanbul Beşiktaş and built by Sultan Abdulmecid between 1849-1855, takes its name from the lime trees that were found here […]

Beylerbeyi Palace (Beylerbeyi Sarayı) was considered as a summer residence for the Ottoman sultans and a state guesthouse where foreign president or rulers would be hosted […]

Adile Sultan Palace (Adile Sultan Sarayı) was built by Salkis Balyan in 1858 for the gift of Adile Sultan, the sister of Sultan Abdulmecit. With the […]

Khedive Pavilion (Hidiv Kasrı) was built in 1907 by the Egyptian Khedive Abbas Hilmi Pasha, on the ridges of Beykoz District of Çubuklu, to the Italian […]

Ciragan Palace (Çırağan Sarayı), located in Besiktas, one of the most beautiful districts of Istanbul; It is one of the most beautiful palaces in our history, […]

Kucuksu Pavilion (Küçüksu Kasrı) located in the area between Küçüksu and Göksu streams in the Bosphorus, dates back to the Byzantine period. Küçüksu was one of […]

Dolmabahce Palace (Dolmabahçe Sarayı), whose construction was completed in 1856, is one of the most remarkable buildings in the Besiktaşsdistrict on the European side. It was […]

While the region where Yildiz Palace (Yıldız Sarayı) is located was used as a hunting ground, it was later converted into a settled order by building […]