Dolmabahçe Palace
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Dolmabahçe Palace located in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosporus strait, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and from 1909 to 1922.
A view of Dolmabahçe Palace from the Bosporus (Strait of Istanbul)
Abdulmejid I
Façade of the Selamlık
The Ceremonial Hall with the world's largest crystal chandelier, previously believed to have been a gift from Queen Victoria
Yıldız Palace
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Yıldız Palace is a vast complex of former imperial Ottoman pavilions and villas in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey, built in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was used as a residence by the sultan and his court in the late 19th century.
Yıldız Palace, Büyük Mabeyn Köşkü
Yıldız Palace, Büyük Mabeyn Köşkü, in 1909
Here is a photograph of a piece of the outer gardens at the Yıldız Palace
Yıldız Palace, Yaveran ve Bendegân Dairesi, which housed the offices of the officials serving the Sultan