{"id":173,"date":"2007-10-28T17:13:16","date_gmt":"2007-10-28T07:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=173"},"modified":"2007-10-28T17:13:16","modified_gmt":"2007-10-28T07:13:16","slug":"topkapi-sarayi-topkapi-palace-istanbul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/turkey\/things-to-see-in-istanbul\/topkapi-sarayi-topkapi-palace-istanbul","title":{"rendered":"Topkapi Sarayi (Topkapi Palace) &#8211; Istanbul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/Topkapi\/AJP_1944.jpg.html\" title=\"Topkapi Palace\">Topkapi Palace <\/a>was the residence of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to 19th centuries.\u00a0 When Sultan Mehmet conquered Istanbul in 1453, he made Istanbul the capital of his empire.\u00a0 His first palace was set in the middle of the town. In the 1470s, he <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/34779-2\/AJP_1944.jpg?resize=85%2C110\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Topkapi Palace Gate\" height=\"110\" style=\"width: 85px; height: 110px\" title=\"Topkapi Palace Gate\" \/>built his second palace and initially named it the New Palace.\u00a0 The palace was subsequently renamed Topkapi Palace.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/34777-2\/DSC_0070.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Topkapi Palace\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Topkapi Palace\" \/>After the move of the Sultans to Dolmabahce Palace in 1853, Topkapi lost its importance as the official royal residence.\u00a0 It was left to deteriorate for a period and finally regained its former beauty after fifty years of continuous restoration in the Republican era.\u00a0 Topkapi was converted into a museum in 1924. I&#8217;m sure the Sultans would have moved a lot of their expensive and magnificent treasures to the new palace, however Topkapi still has a breathtaking collection of jewels (to die for!), weapons, porcelain, etc.\u00a0 Most of the objects exhibited in the palace today are unique masterpieces.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/34821-2\/DSC_0099.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Topkapi Palace Summer Pavilion\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Topkapi Palace Summer Pavilion\" \/>Topkapi is one of the must see places on your visit to Istanbul and its possible to spend a whole day here.\u00a0 My favourite section is the Treasury, where you can see bowls of emeralds, saphire, diamond displays, etc. Each time we&#8217;ve been there, it was an opportunity to salivate at the remarkable pieces royal ornaments covered with precious stones and to hope that maybe someone would give me just one of the stones.\u00a0 Unfortunately too, photography is not allowed in the Treasury as it would have nice to share with you pictures of those stones that would obsess anyone.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"left\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/34807-2\/AJP_1954.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Topkapi Palace Tree-shaded courtyard\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Topkapi Palace Tree-shaded courtyard\" \/>The private palaces of the Sultans, have been transformed into a series of great museums at the request of Ataturk. Topkapi is a classical example of Turkish palace architecture.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/Topkapi\/AJP_1954.jpg.html\" title=\"Tree-shaded courtyards\">Tree-shaded courtyards <\/a>with monumental gates open onto one another and each one serving a different purpose. The courtyards are surrounded by functional buildings, e.g. the First Court was the service area and the Second Court housed the divan and was flanked by the kitchen and stables, etc.\u00a0 Since its construction, the palace <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" align=\"right\" width=\"110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/34801-2\/DSC_0084.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Topkapi Palace Kitchen Utensils \" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Topkapi Palace Kitchen Utensils \" \/>developed constantly with alterations and additions made by each sultan.<\/p>\n<p>Our visit today started at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/Topkapi\/DSC_0084.jpg.html\" title=\"Royal Kitchen\">royal kitchen<\/a>.\u00a0 The number of giant pots and utensils give evidence of the size of the community in the palace.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topkapi Palace was the residence of the Ottoman sultans from the 15th to 19th centuries.\u00a0 When Sultan Mehmet conquered Istanbul in 1453, he made Istanbul the capital of his empire.\u00a0 His first palace was set in the middle of the town. 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