Dolmabahçe Palace built in the 19th century is one of the most glamorous palaces in the world. It was the administrative center of the late Ottoman Empire with the last of Ottoman Sultans resides here. After the foundation of the Turkish Republic in Ankara, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk transferred all government functions to the capital but on his visits to Istanbul, Ataturk occupied only a small room in Dolmabahce Palace as his own. He stayed, welcomed his foreign guests and made a practical center for national, historical and language congress and for international conferences.
Dolmabahce palace has a great meaning for Turkish people since the supreme leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had used the palace as a residence and spent the most serious period of time until he was illed and he passed away in this palace on the 10th of November 1938 at 9:05am, all the clocks in the palace are stopped at this time. It is wandered with a special sense of respect. Later on the Palace is converted into a museum.
look into the glass taken from the hallway inside the Palace and look below to see how that gate looks like from the outside... with me!
the looks of the hallway with the looking glass window from within.
The palace has a façade nearly a quarter mile long, 285 rooms and 43 large salons. The floors are covered in half a hectare (over an acre) of silk and wool Hereke carpets.
The Bohemian crystal chandelier in the Throne Room, the world's largest, weighs 4-1/2 tons (4000 kilos) and has 750 lights.
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