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Dolmabahçe Palace

08 Ağustos 2024

Dolmabahçe Palace

Evliya Çelebi writes that Yavuz Sultan Selim had a mansion built at the current location of Dolmabahçe Palace. During the reign of Ahmet I, the place was filled with stones and the mansion was enlarged. This is where the name of the palace and settlement comes from. In the 19th century, II. Mahmut has a new palace built in the same place. The current structure was built by Karabet Balyan in 1842 by Abdulmecit I. The palace, which was built until 1853, was not only the place where Abdülmecit lived, but also the place where he carried out official business. After Abdulmecit, his brother Abdulaziz also lived in this palace. Dolmabahçe Palace, which became Atatürk's Presidential Residence in Istanbul after the proclamation of the Republic, has a special importance in the history of the Republic as it was the place where Atatürk died on November 10, 1938.

The main structures of Dolmabahçe Palace; Harem, Mabeyn, Clock Tower and Dolmabahçe Mosque. The palace has 285 rooms and 46 living rooms, 6 baths and 68 toilets. The palace was built on an area of 110 thousand square meters and switched to electricity and heating systems in the 1910s.

The railings of the Mabeyn stairs have a magnificent appearance decorated with crystals, and the four-ton crystal chandelier with seven hundred and fifty bulbs hanging from the 36-meter dome in the Throne Hall in Mabeyn adds a European atmosphere to the hall.

This chandelier is a gift from Queen Victoria. This Throne Hall was built on 19 March 1877 by II. It also hosted the opening of the Ottoman Parliament by Abdulhamid. There is also a corridor in the Harem from which the Throne Hall can be viewed. Harem; It contains different spaces such as the Blue Hall where ceremonies are held, the Pink Hall where women have fun, the rooms where Atatürk stayed, and the Valide Sultan rooms. It is said that the thirty meter high clock tower at the entrance of the palace was completed in 1895.

The rooms around the Blue Hall and Pink Hall in the Harem section of Dolmabahçe Palace are called the Sultan's Office or Private Room. Atatürk also stayed in Room 71, located between the Blue Hall and Pink Hall in the Private Apartment, and said goodbye to his life there. The clock showing five past nine, which is still in this room, was given to him as a gift by his close friend Nuri Conker. The painting titled "Four Seasons", given as a gift by Zekai Apaydın, the Moscow Ambassador of the period, is known as Atatürk's favorite painting. Atatürk used room number 69, right next to his bedroom, as his study room. The bedroom in the other corner of the living room facing the sea is from time to time occupied by Prof., one of Atatürk's history advisors. Dr. It was used by Afet İnan. Ideas and consultation tables were usually set up in the Blue Hall, and often on the balcony in the Pink Hall during the summer months. In addition, an elevator was built for Atatürk in the bright area of the Blue Hall in June 1937, and this elevator is still in use. The bathroom, located right next to the Pink Hall and built by the Last Caliph Abdülmecid Efendi (1923), was also used by Atatürk for the same purpose. The medicines used during Atatürk's treatment are now exhibited in the glass cabinet at the entrance of the bathroom.

The Dolmabahçe Mosque next to the palace was completed in 1853 by Nikoğos Balyan, a member of the Balyan family who left their mark on Ottoman architecture. At the back of Dolmabahçe Palace, there is a small pavilion built in the 19th century for the Sultan's birds. Many birds of different species were housed in the building at that time. Dolmabahçe Palace, which has been converted into a museum today, is affiliated with the Department of National Palaces.

Source Türkiye Culture Portal History of Istanbul