The article 'Uncover the secrets of Topkapi Palace' was published in partnership with Lonely Planet. A woman who allegedly was the head of the Catholic Church became one of the most controversial ...

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 ...

The residence and administrative centre of Ottoman sultans for 400 years, Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace is a sprawling ... The fabulous Privy Chamber of Murat III, designed by famous 16th-century ...

The Topkapi Palace, one of the great historical sights of Istanbul, was founded in the 1460s by Sultan Mehmet II after he had occupied and sacked Constantinople, effectively ending the Byzantine ...

Mustafa Aksay and Omer Faruk Aksoy organized "Unseen Stages of Mecca and Medinah in Topkapi Palace" in cooperation with Istanbul's Topkapi Palace Museum and the King Abdulaziz Research and Archive ...

ISTANBUL, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Istanbul's Topkapi Palace will open a new museum later this year featuring the "world's most extensive porcelain collection," with rare Chinese ceramics from the Yuan ...

A performance of Mozart's opera Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail from the spectacular setting of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. With the Scottish Chamber Orchestra under Sir Charles Mackerras.

with its richly decorated buildings surrounding a serenely beautiful reflective pool. The article 'Uncover the secrets of Topkapi Palace' was published in partnership with Lonely Planet.