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	Topkapi Palace - Istanbul
		On a finger of land, at the confluence of the Bosphorus, the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara stands, the Topkapi Palace, the maze of buildings that was the focal point of the Ottoman Empire between the 15th and 19th centuries.
		Topkapi Palace was not constructed based on a definite plan, was expanded in time and underwent several changes.
		Topkapi Palace was abandoned in the middle of 19th century and lost its significance as the state center.
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	Topkapi palace in istanbul,THE TOPKAPI PALACE IN TURKEY,Topkapi museum in istanbul,turkey
		Topkapi palace in istanbul,THE TOPKAPI PALACE IN TURKEY,Topkapi museum in istanbul,turkey
		It was only after the Rebuplic was founded that the Topkapi Palace was cared for.The repair work that went on for more than fifty years finally restored the Topkapi Palace to its original inconspicuous beauty.Today, it used as a museum to exhibit Works of art and many priceless artifacts.It is a museum with few rivals.
		The Topkapi Dagger: The dagger that has become the symbol of the palace and the treasury is an invaluable product of 18th century Turkish craftsmanship.There are four large emeralds on the hilt,the one the top concealing a watch.
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	Topkapı palace Istanbul, Turkey
		More than a residential complex for the royal household, the new palace was to become the pivotal institution for the planning and decision-making institutions of a far-flung empire and it remained so from the late 15th century to the middle of the l9th.
		In fact, Topkapi was a sui generis microcosm, a paradise on earth or "to borrow a term from Ottoman palace terminology" The Palace of Felicity.
		Topkapi may be considered a trans-cultural focal point in which a holistic civilization was created from the nomadic culture of Turkish tribesmen whose forefathers had set out from Central Asia and reached Asia Minor with stopovers in Persia and Mesopotamia.
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	Topkapi Palace Istanbul
		The walls enclosing the palace grounds, the main gate on the land side and the first buildings were constructed during the time of Fatih Sultan Mehmet (the Conqueror) (1451 - 81).
		Topkapı Palace was the official residence of the Ottoman Sultans, starting with Fatih Sultan Mehmet until 1856, when Abdülmecid moved to the Dolmabahçe palace, functioned as the administrative center of the state.
		This section of the palace is called Enderun, and it is the section where the sultans live with their extended families.
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	Topkapi Palace
		Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı in Turkish), located in Istanbul (Constantinople), was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1465 to 1853.
		This court is a park surrounded by the palace hospital, bakery, Janissary quarters, stables, the imperial Harem and Divan to the north and the kitchens to the south.
		Other places in the Topkapi Palace are the Tower of Justice, the Pavilion of the Holy Mantle containing relics of the Prophet Muhammad and the first caliphs, the Throne Room (Arz Odası) in the Harem where the Sultan received his guests and envoys, and the Baghdad Pavilion in the Fourth Court, built by Murad IV.
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	Topkapi Palace
		The palace is a complex surrounded by 5 km of walls and occupies an area of 700,000 sq.
		The second palace, which he built in the 1470's, was initially called the New Palace, but in recent times it came to be known as the Topkapi Palace.
		The harem was the private zone of the palace, where the mother and siblings of the sultan, the other members of the family, and the concubines and eunuchs who served this large family lived.
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		Topkapi Palace was more than just the private residence of the Sultan and his court.
		Topkapi Palace continued to be the principal residence for four centuries until in 1853, Sultan Abdul Mecid I moved into the new palace of Dolmabahce on the Bosphorus.
		The old palace was used as house for the women of the departed sultans and their servants until the Harem was officially disbanded in 1909.
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	Palaces of Istanbul - All About Turkey
		Topkapi was the first Ottoman palace to be built (1466-1478) in the newly conquered capital of the Empire by Mehmet II.
		Beylerbeyi was initially the residence of the Governor General in charge of Anatolia, but was rebuilt in the style of Dolmabahce and Çiragan palaces as a royal palace in the between 1861-1865 on the Asian side of the Bosphorus and served as the summer residence of the sultans.
		The Kiosk was built in the 16th century by Sultan Murat III within the grounds of Topkapi Palace and was renovated by Sultan Mahmud I in 1739.
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	Topkapi Palace in Istanbul
		The Topkapi palace was used as the royal residence in Istanbul by a succession of Turkish sultans for nearly three hundred years.
		The Topkapi palace museum opens daily at 9:30am and usually stays open until 5pm although opening hours are extended into the evening during the height of the tourist season in the summer months.
		The first main court the visitor sees upon entering the Topkapi palace museum in Istanbul is the court of the Janissaries, who served as an elite bodyguard unit to the Sultan based in Istanbul, and used this courtyard as a dinner hall.
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	Istanbul : Attractions : Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi) \| Frommers.com
		Residence of the sultans, administrative seat of the Ottoman Empire for almost 400 years, and the source of legend on life in the harem, Topkapi Palace should be up at the top of the list for anyone interested in the vast and exotic world behind the seraglio walls.
		It's impossible to rush through the palace, so you should allot at least a half-day and be prepared to encounter a few bottlenecks throughout the enclosed exhibition halls, especially in the Holy Relics Room where the ardent faithful, in their religious fervor, tend to obstruct the display cases.
		Topkapi houses the third-most-important collection of porcelain in the world, after Beijing and Dresden, while the palace's collection of celadons surpasses that of Beijing because the Chinese destroyed all of theirs during the Cultural Revolution.
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	THE TOPKAPI PALACE MUSEUM
		Topkapi Palace was home to all the Ottoman sultans until the reign of Abdulmecid I (1839-1860), a period of nearly four centuries.
		The order for the construction of the Topkapi Palace on the Seraglio Point overlooking both Marmara and Bosphorus was given by Mehmed II after the conquest of Constantinapolis in 1453.
		After the reign of Mehmed II the Conqueror, the palace grew steadily to form a city like complex of buildings and annexes, including a shore palace known as the Topkapi shore palace, as it was situated near the cannon gate -Topkapi- of the ancient walls of Istanbul.
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		Topkapı Palace (Topkapı Sarayı in Turkish, literally the "Cannongate Palace" - named after a nearby gate), located in Istanbul (Constantinople), was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1465 to 1853.
		Other places in the Topkapı Palace are the Tower of Justice, the Pavilion of the Holy Mantle containing relics of the prophet Muhammad and the first caliphs, the Throne Room (Arz Odası) in the Harem where the Sultan received his guests and envoys, and the Baghdad Pavilion in the Fourth Court, built by Murat IV.
		Comparing to its other contemporary royal residences like Schönbrunn Palace or the ultimately extravagant Versailles, Topkapı Palace distinguishes itself with its human proportions, sensible interiors and prudent layout, despite having housed once the rulers of one of mightiest empires of the world.
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	Topkapi Palace
		Topkapi Palace, the imperial residence of the Ottoman Sultans for four centuries, lies at the tip of the headland at the mouth of the Bosphorus Strait.
		It is possible that the first builders of Topkapi Palace made use of existing foundations and retaining walls, hence the non-axial plan of the palace.Undoubtedly Topkapi involved a synthesis of Byzantine elements but what grew up on the peninsula by the Golden Horn cannot possibly be divorced from its predecessors in Ottoman history.
		The gate leads the second courtyard to the private inner areas of the palace, the third courtyard.Only the sultan was permitted to pass through the gate on horseback, and even on foot only a favoured handful of statesmen and trusted intimates could enter here.
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	Istanbul Topkapi Palace Information - Istanbul Informative Guide To The City
		Topkapi Palace which was built by Mehmet The Conqueror between the years 1462 and 1478 was constructed at Seraglio Point surrounded by the Sea of Marmara, the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus.
		Topkapi Palace is one of the finest examples of the Ottoman civil architecture in existence.
		Beylerbeyi Palace I Ciragan Palace I Dolmabahce Palace I Florya Ataturk Mansion I Ihlamur Kasri Kucuksu Palace I Maslak Pavilion Topkapi Palace I Yildiz Palace I Monuments I Hippodrome
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	Topkapi Palace, Istanbul Topkapi Palace (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first outer gate of the Palace we come to is called the Bab-i Humayun, or Imperial Gate; it was built in 1459, 6 years after the Conquest.
		In accordance with Palace regulations, persons entitled to the use of horse or carriage were obliged to descend from them at this threshold of the Bab-us-Selam and proceed on foot.
		In the Palace of Sultans, at present, there are sections such as kiosks and residential apartments open for public visits because of their value in architecture and furniture as well as there are sections arranged as a museum with cabinets in which valuable objects are exhibited.
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	Topkapi Palace (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The sprawling Topkapi Palace in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople), Turkey is today a world-class museum displaying accumulated treasures of the sultans.
		Palace intrigue in the Harem was rife with rivalry.
		It was not rare for one of the sultan’s wives to poison the son of another wife to insure that her son would accede to the throne.
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		It is our brochure… Topkapi Palace was home to all the Ottoman sultans until the reign of Abdulmecid I (1839-1860), a period of nearly four centuries.
		The order for the construction of the Topkapi Palace on the Seraglio Point overlooking both Marmara and Bosphorus was given by Mehmed II after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453.
		After the reign of Mehmed II the conqueror, the palace grew steadily to form a city like complex of buildings and annexes, including a shore palace known as the Topkapi shore palace, as it was situated near the cannon gate -Topkapi- of the [Dosya İndir]
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	Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
		This palace is now known as the old palace (eski saray) as it was soon in disuse.
		The second courtyard served as the official section of the palace, holding the imperial kitchens, bakery, storage rooms and the divan (chamber of the Viziers).
		There are also rooms of the Enderun (palace school), and various sections displaying the ceremonial dresses of the Ottoman Sultans, holy relics, the portraits of the sultans, a library and the Treasury.
	www.istanbultravelguide.net /topkapipalace.htm (301 words)

	Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
		From that time onward the new palace later known as the Topkapi Palace, was for centuries the showplace of the unrestrained royal desire to build.
		The palace city consisted of three groups of buildings, lying behind one another, which were adapted to different functions.
		On the viewing terrace on the northwest corner of the Topkapi Palace rises the very elegant Baghdad kiosk, which Sultan Murad IV had erected to commemorate his successful Baghdad campaign of 1638.
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	Guide to Topkapi Palace
		Apart from brief intervals, Topkapi Palace was home to all the Ottoman sultans until the reign of Abdulmecid I (1839-1860), a period of nearly four centuries.
		The palace was therefore not a single massive building in the western tradition, constructed at one go, but an organic structure which was never static, and reflected the styles and tastes of many periods in many independent units with individual functions.
		An extra charge is made for visiting the Harem at Topkapi Palace, and groups of limited numbers are only allowed in at specific intervals, so it is best to get your ticket for the Harem as soon as you arrive.
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	Topkapi Palace - tips by travel authority Howard Hillman
		The sprawling Topkapi Palace in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) is today a world-class museum displaying accumulated treasures of the sultans.
		In the 15th to 19th Centuries, the Sultans lived in and ruled the vast Ottoman Empire from the Topkapi Palace.
		The treasures of the Sultan are still mostly intact because Topkapi Palace was never plundered by enemy armies.
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	Ayasofya and Topkapi palace going private
		Addressing the parliament on his ministry’s budget, Koc said that government was considering tendering out the management and operation of Ayasofya and Topkapi Palace.
		Topkapi Palace, surrounded by five kilometres long walls, was completed in 1463 and was the residence of the Ottoman dynasty until the 19th century.
		The complex stands on 700,00m2 of land on the historical Istanbul peninsula and was converted to a museum early in the republican era.
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	Topkapi Palace, Istanbul - IgoUgo Reviews
		Topkapi Palace was the home to sultans for hundreds of years.
		You approach the palace via the first courtyard, a place where you can wander for free.
		Many of the rooms you see are easy to imagine as inhabited with beautiful women...women looking off to the water from the Harem's courtyard enjoying great power if they were of a certain position...
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	Topkapi Sarayi (Palace) Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
		Home of the Ottoman sultans for nearly 400 years, Topkapi ("Palace of the Cannon Gate") was the seraglio, the heart of the vast Ottoman Empire, ruled by the monarch who lived in Topkapi's hundreds of rooms with hundreds of concubines, children, and white and fl servants.
		Above, Topkapi Palace on Seraglio Point where the Golden Horn meets the Bosphorus.
		Below,dress rehearsal in front of Topkapi's Gate of Felicity for Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio, performed each summer in the International Istanbul Music Festival.
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /go/Istanbul/Sights/Sultanahmet/TopkapiSaray.html (200 words)

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