Yıldız Sarayı or Yıldız Palace is an Ottoman Imperial Palace located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul. It was built in the late 19th century for Sultan Abdulhamid II.

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 ...

Another hidden gem Istanbul's Anatolian (Asian) side, the breathtakingly ornate Beylerbeyi Palace was built between 1863 and 1865 under the order of Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz. It served as a ...

Istanbul is one of the most iconic cities in the world. Packed with beautiful historic buildings and activities, ...

Built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in 537, Hagia Sophia was turned into a mosque with the 1453 Ottoman conquest of Istanbul. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founding leader of the Turkish ...

Princess Niloufer was born on 4 January 1916 at Göztepe Palace in Istanbul, during the final days of the Ottoman Empire. Her father died when she was just two, and following the dissolution of the ...

It combines the opulence of a former Ottoman imperial palace with the comforts of a modern luxury hotel. The building dates from the 1700s, and a museum is dedicated to the palace history.

This luxury hotel in busy Besiktas is partially housed in the original 18th-century Ottoman Atik Pasha Palace and ideally situated right on the European bank of the Bosporus. The elaborate three ...