{"id":176,"date":"2007-11-01T22:43:48","date_gmt":"2007-11-01T12:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=176"},"modified":"2007-11-01T22:43:48","modified_gmt":"2007-11-01T12:43:48","slug":"topkapi-palace-circumcision-room-revan-kiosk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/turkey\/things-to-see-in-istanbul\/topkapi-palace-circumcision-room-revan-kiosk","title":{"rendered":"Topkapi Palace &#8211; Circumcision Room &amp; Revan Kiosk"},"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>The Summer Pavilion was built by Sultan Ibrahim in 1640.\u00a0 As this place was used for the circumcision ceremonies of the crown princes, it is also called the Circumcision Room.\u00a0 The walls are covered with rare samples of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/Topkapi\/DSC_0098.jpg.html\" title=\"Ottoman tiles Topkapi Palace\">Ottoman tiles<\/a>.\u00a0 The most important of <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\/34825-2\/DSC_0097.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Ottoman tiles - Circumcision Room - Topkapi Palace\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Ottoman tiles - Circumcision Room - Topkapi Palace\" \/>these are the blue and white tile panels, dated 1529, influenced by far-eastern ceremics on the chamber facade.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/Turkey\/Istanbul\/Topkapi\/AJP_1961.jpg.html\" title=\"Topkapi Palace Revan Kiosk\">Revan Kiosk <\/a>was built in 1635-6 to commemorate the Revan Campaign and victory of Murad IV.\u00a0 It is also called the Sank Odasi, the Chamber of Turbans, as the turbans worn by the sultans were kept here.\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\/34833-2\/DSC_0102.jpg?resize=110%2C85\" hspace=\"3\" alt=\"Revan Kiosk\" height=\"85\" style=\"width: 110px; height: 85px\" title=\"Revan Kiosk\" \/>With its marble decorations and tiles dating to the 17th century, this pavilion is one of the last examples of classical Ottoman architecture.<\/p>\n<p>The building was used as the Library of the Privy Chamber after 1733, with the donations of Sultan Mahmud I.<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Summer Pavilion was built by Sultan Ibrahim in 1640.\u00a0 As this place was used for the circumcision ceremonies of the crown princes, it is also called the Circumcision Room.\u00a0 The walls are covered with rare samples of Ottoman tiles.\u00a0 The most important of these are the blue and white tile panels, dated 1529, influenced [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-things-to-see-in-istanbul"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Topkapi Palace - Circumcision Room &amp; 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