{"id":2391,"date":"2022-05-20T06:39:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T03:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medassist.com.tr\/?page_id=2391"},"modified":"2022-05-27T14:31:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T11:31:41","slug":"the-landmark-of-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medassist.com.tr\/tr\/the-landmark-of-istanbul\/","title":{"rendered":"The Landmark of Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Landmark of Istanbul: Topkapi Palace<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The imperial enclave of the Ottoman emperors for four centuries. Lavishly decorated, with four courts of increasing grandeur. In the second court of the entrance to the Harem and the State Treasury, housing a weaponry display. The third court has the Imperial Treasury. Both Islamic and Christian relics, rugs, porcelain. The views from the Fourth Court over the Bosphorus are spectacular. You can also see Prophet Mohammed\u2019s belongings. The Palace exhibits the imperial collections of the Ottoman Empire and maintains an extensive collection of books and manuscripts in its library.<\/p>

About 30 sultans ruled from the Topkap\u0131 Palace for nearly four centuries during the Ottoman Empire\u2019s 600-year reign, beginning with Mehmed II. He ordered the construction of the palace in the late 1450s, several years after conquering Constantinople (Istanbul), the capital of the Byzantine Empire, in 1453. Mehmed took up residence in 1478, and after his death three years later, successive sultans renovated and expanded the palace frequently, resulting in the palace\u2019s medley of changing Islamic, Ottoman, and European architecture styles and decoration.<\/p>

The immense Topkap\u0131 Palace housed 1.000-4.000 inhabitants, including up to 300 in the harem. One of the palace\u2019s most famous collections is that of the imperial jewels, housed in the Pavilion of the Conqueror, also in the third courtyard. The holdings include the so-called Spoonmaker\u2019s Diamond, one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, and the emerald Topkap\u0131 Dagger, the subject of intrigue in the 1964 caper film Topkapi.Like the other parts of the museum\u2019s collection, the jewel collection attests to the great wealth of the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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