Visitor Guide

Welcome to the Topkapi Palace Museum,Formerly called the Saray-i Amire (Imperial Palace), the Topkapi Palace was built in 1459 on the old Byzantine city. The Topkapi Palace was the residence of Ottoman sultans and, at the same time, the administrative center for almost four centuries until 1830s. The royal family and high government offices started to abandon the palace first during the reign of Sultan Mahmud II, and the Imperial Palace was transferred to the Dolmabahce Palace in