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DOLMABAHÇE PALACE
TBMM Milli Saraylar
Genel Sekreter Yardımcılığı
Dolmabahçe Cad. 34357 Beşiktaş
P: (+90 212) 236 90 00/1305-1306
F: (+90 212) 259 32 92
W: www.millisaraylar.gov.tr
Distance to
Atatürk International Airport: 36 km
Sabiha Gökçen Airport: 50,2 km
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Dolmabahçe Palace was built by Sultan
Abdulmecid (1839-1861) who was
the thirty first Ottoman Sultan. The palace,
whose construction commenced
on June 13th, 1843, was brought into
use on June 7th, 1856, upon completion
of surrounding walls.
The palace mainly consists of three
parts, named as the Imperial Mabeyn
(State Apartments), Muayede Salon
(Ceremonial Hall) and the Imperial
Harem. The Imperial Mabeyn was allocated
for administrative affairs of
the state, Imperial Harem was allocated
for private lives of the sultan
and his family and the Muayede Salon,
placed between these two sections,
was allocated for exchanging
of bayram greetings of sultan with
dignitary statesmen and for some
important state ceremonies. The
main building is three storey including
the basement on the side which
is parallel to sea and it is four storey
at the land side involving the Harem
quarters with the musandıra (garret)
storeys. Evident Western influences,
observed at the style, details and
ornaments, are reflections of the esthetical
values, changed through the
last period of the Imperial.
The outside of the building is mode of
stone, the interior walls are made of
brick and the floors are made of wood.
It has a usable floor area of 45,000
square meters, 285 rooms, 44 reception
rooms and 6 hamams.
Dolmabahçe Palace is one under
Western influence and was constructed
modeling the European
palaces, attention was paid to build
the Harem as a separate section -although
not strictly as in the pastconsidering
its functional construction
and indoor structure.
Dolmabahçe Palace, hosted 6 sultans
at intervals and also the last Ottoman
Caliph Abdulmecid Efendi from 1856
when it was put into service, until the
abolition of the caliphate in 1924. The
palace was used as Presidency office
between 1927-1949. Gazi Mustafa Kemal
Atatürk, the founder of our Republic,
used Dolmabahçe Palace for
his studies at İstanbul between 1927-
1938 and died in this palace. The Palace
which was partially open to protocol
and visits between 1926-1984 and
was opened to visit as a “museum-palace”
from 1984.