In our 466th art meeting, we will realize our visit to Yıldız Palace tomorrow, which we planned to do next week due to the covid status of Mr. İzzet's wife. Yıldız Palace, which witnessed the last periods of the Ottoman Empire, opened its doors to visitors last week after six years of restoration.
Built on a high land overlooking the Bosphorus and Marmara Sea, Yıldız Palace is the last grand palace built by the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul. It continues the tradition of Turkish-Islamic palace architecture with its “Palace (State Administration and Harem) to the East - Friday Mosque (Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque) to the West” layout. With an area of 500,000 m2, Yıldız Palace consists of 3 large parts. The first is the main palace where the buildings related to the state administration are located, the second is the private section belonging to the Sultan himself and his harem, and the third section consists of the outer garden and surrounding buildings. The so-called outer garden is today's Yıldız Park. This large park, which was reserved for the palace during the reign, is now open to the public. There were many pavilions and buildings in this part of the palace during its period, but only Çadır, Malta and Şale pavilions have survived to the present day.
The first pavilion in the Yıldız Palace area was built during the reign of Sultan Selim III (1789-1807). Although subsequent sultans showed interest in the groves and gardens in the region, the name of Yıldız Palace became synonymous with Sultan Abdülhamid II (1876-1909). The sultan named the area “Yıldız Palace” and designated it as his main residence.
23 Temmuz Salı12.00-13.00
Adres: Yıldız Sarayı, Yıldız, Beşiktaş