Topkapi Palace served as the home of the Ottoman Sultans from 1478 to 1856 and is one of Istanbul's most popular attractions. It officially became a museum in 1924, shortly after the end of the ...
Located on top of a hill overlooking the Golden Horn and Sea of Marmara, Topkapi Palace is the biggest palace in Istanbul. Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople, commissioned the palace in ...