Dolmabahçe Palace

Evliya Çelebi writes that Yavuz Sultan Selim built a mansion in Dolmabahçe Palace today. In the time of Ahmet I, the place was filled with stone and the mansion was enlarged. The name of the palace and the settlement comes from here. In the 19th century II. Mahmut built a new palace in the same place. Today's structure was built in 1842 by Abdulmecit I to Karabet Balyan. It is the place where the palace Abdulmecit, which continued until 1853, is the place where Abdulmecit resides. After Abdulmecit, his brother Abdulaziz lived in this palace. After the proclamation of the Republic, the Dolmabahçe Palace, which was the presidential residence of Atatürk in Istanbul, has a special importance in the history of the Republic on the occasion of the place where Atatürk died on November 10, 1938.

The main structures of Dolmabahçe Palace; Harem, Mabeyn, Clock Tower and Dolmabahçe Mosque. There are 285 rooms and 46 halls, 6 baths and 68 toilets in the palace. The palace was established on an area of ​​110 thousand square meters and in the 1910s it was transferred to the electrical and heating system.

The railings of the Mabeyn stairs have a wonderful appearance decorated with crystals and adds a European atmosphere to the hall of four tons of four tons of dome and seven hundred and fifty ampulla by a 36 -meter dome in Mabeyn.

This chandelier is the gift of Queen Victoria. This throne hall on March 19, 1877 II. Abdulhamid also hosted the opening of the Ottoman Assembly. There is also a corridor in the Harem where the throne hall can be watched. Harem; The blue hall where ceremonies are held, the pink hall where women have fun, the rooms where Atatürk stayed, and the rooms of Valide Sultan. It is said that the clock tower, which is a height of thirty meters at the entrance of the palace, was completed in 1895.

Dolmabahçe Palace The rooms around the Blue Hall and Pink Hall in the Harem section are called the sultan's apartment or the private apartment. Atatürk stayed in room 71 between the blue hall and the pink hall in the Special Chamber and he said goodbye to life. The clock, which is still in this room, has been presented to him by his close friend Nuri Conker. The table called "Four Seasons", which was given by Zekai Apaydın, the Ambassador of Moscow of the period, is known as Atatürk's favorite painting. At the Atatürk study room, he used room 69 next to the bedroom. The bedroom in the other corner of the hall overlooking the sea side of the hall from time to time ataturk's history consultant Prof .. Dr. Disaster was used by İnan. Idea and counseling tables are usually established in the Blue Hall and often in the balcony in the Pink Hall in summer. In addition, an elevator was built for Atatürk in June 1937 at the Aydınlık area of ​​the Mavi Hall, which is still used. The bathroom, which was built by the last caliph Abdülmecid Efendi (1923), was used by Atatürk for the same purpose. In the glass cupboard at the entrance of the bathroom, the drugs used in the treatment of Atatürk are now exhibited.

The Dolmabahçe Mosque next to the palace was completed in 1853 by Nikoğos Balyan from the Balyanlar family who left their mark on the Ottoman architecture. At the back of the Dolmabahçe Palace is a small mansion built in the 19th century for the birds of the Sultan. In the building, many different types of birds were contained in the structure. Dolmabahçe Palace, which is now transformed into a museum, is connected to the Department of National Palaces.