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Beylerbeyi Palace was planned as a summer resort for the Ottoman sultans and a state guesthouse where foreign heads of state or rulers would be hosted, and it was built upon the request of the sultan of the time, Sultan Abdülaziz (1861-1876). The construction of the palace started on August 6, 1863, and it was officially opened for use with a ceremony on Friday, April 21, 1865. The construction organization of the palace was carried out by Ebniye-i Şâhâne Serkalfası (Palace Head) Serkiz Bey (Balyan). Mehmed Efendi, Mahmud Efendi and Rıfat Efendi carried out the duty of building stewardship, which can also be called the responsibility of financial and administrative affairs of Beylerbeyi Palace. It is determined that the palace cost approximately 500 thousand Ottoman liras.

Beylerbeyi Palace, the main structure of the building complex, is a two-storey masonry building on a high basement. The building, built on an area of approximately 2,500 square meters, sits on a rectangular floor area. The southern part of the palace was organized as Mabeyn-i Hümâyûn, and the northern part was organized as Valide Sultan's Office. There are a total of 6 living rooms, 24 rooms, 1 bath and 1 bathroom on both floors. Beylerbeyi Palace, built by mixing Western and Eastern styles, has the characteristics of a Turkish house plan with its Harem and Mabeyn sections. The roof of the building is hidden from above with a parapet that hides all the edges of the facade. The plan of the palace has a plan composition based on the central hall motif with iwan. The scheme in Beylerbeyi Palace consists of three parts. These sections; Mabeyn-i Hümâyûn, Bedroom (Sultan's Office) and Valide Sultan's Office. The main Harem section, which belongs to the ladies and women, which was built parallel to the sea, right after the Valide Sultan Office, was built separately from the main building; This structure has not survived to the present day. The entrance facade of Mabeyn-i Hümâyûn shows an arrangement in which the Neo-baroque emphasis is more evident. The interior arrangements of the palace, such as its masses and facades, were also shaped with a selective approach.

Due to the passion of Sultan Abdülaziz, who built Beylerbeyi Palace, for the sea, sea and ship themes were engraved in some of the frames and cartouches on the ceilings of the palace; Sultan Abdülaziz even drew patterns with sea and ship themes to give ideas to painters.

BEYLERBEYI PALACE IN HISTORY

Beylerbeyi Palace was used as a summer palace by its founder, Sultan Abdülaziz (1861-1876). Palace, Sultan Abdulaziz and II. During Abdulhamid's reign, it began to be allocated to foreign rulers or heads of state during their official visits, and it gained the function of a state guesthouse. The first important guest hosted at Beylerbeyi Palace was Empress Eugénie of France. This trip of the Empress was taking place in the office of the repatriation of Sultan Abdülaziz's 1867 trip to France. Other foreign guests hosted at Beylerbeyi Palace during the reign of Sultan Abdülaziz were the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Joseph (1869), the Crown Prince of Prussia Frédéric Guillaume Nicola Charles (1869), the Crown Prince of Italy (1869), and the Shah of Iran Nasir al-Din (18 August 1873).

Sultan II. During the 33-year reign of Abdulhamid II (1876-1909), Beylerbeyi Palace also functioned as a museum visited especially by foreign state protocols. During this period, Dolmabahçe Palace and Topkapı Palace Treasury-i Hümâyûn, along with Beylerbeyi Palace, were used as sultanate museums that could be visited with the permission of the sultan. Sultan II. Immediately after Abdulhamid was dethroned, he was subject to compulsory residence in the Alatini Mansion in Thessaloniki, but about 3 years later he was transferred to Istanbul due to the outbreak of the Balkan War. II. The new compulsory residence chosen for Abdulhamid was Beylerbeyi Palace. Former Hakan spent the last 6 years of his life in this palace and passed away in this palace on February 10, 1918.