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Topkapı Palace Overview and Architecture
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- History and Structure
- Palace served as Ottoman Sultans' residence from 1465 to 1856
- Construction began in 1459 under Sultan Mehmed II
- Complex consists of four main courtyards and many smaller buildings
- Originally housed up to 4,000 people
- Main Courtyards
- Second Courtyard served as outer gathering place for courtiers
- Third Courtyard (Enderun) was sultan's private quarters
- Fourth Courtyard was innermost private sanctuary
- Imperial Buildings
- Imperial Council building housed state ministers' meetings
- Tower of Justice served as symbol of sultan's vigilance
- Enderun Library contained over 3,500 manuscripts
- Harem housed sultan's family and servants
- Sacred Relics
- Chamber of Sacred Relics houses Muhammad's cloak and weapons
- Contains relics of first four Caliphs and Moses' staff
- Access restricted to sultan and family only once yearly
- Modern Status
- Palace transformed into museum in 1924
- Contains Ottoman architecture and collections of artifacts
- Guarded by government officials and military
- Only most important rooms accessible to public today