Topkapı Palace
Topkapi Palace is the palace in Istanbul Sarayburnu, where the Ottoman sultans lived and used as the administrative center of the state for 400 years of the 600-year history of the Ottoman Empire. Close to 4,000 people once lived in it. Topkapı Palace was built by Mehmed the Conqueror in 1478, and it was the administrative center of the state and the official residence of the Ottoman sultans for about 380 years until Abdülmecid had the Dolmabahçe Palace built. The palace, which was located on an area of approximately 700,000 m² during its foundation years, is 80,000 m² today. Topkapı Palace was evacuated when the people of the palace began to live in Dolmabahçe Palace, Yıldız Palace and other palaces.
