Topkapi Palace served as the home of the Ottoman Sultans from 1478 to 1856 and is one of Istanbul's most popular attractions. It officially became a museum in 1924, shortly after the end of the ...

A Chinese porcelain bowl is displayed at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, Türkiye, Oct. 23, 2024. The Topkapi Palace was the palace of the Ottoman Empire from the 15th to the 19th century. In ...

TEHRAN – A copy of the 11th century manuscript of the Holy Quran kept at the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul was unveiled here in Tehran on Sunday. The book inscribed by Uthman ibn Husayn al-Warraq ...

Mohammadreza Mehrandish, curator of the National Museum of Iran, met with Topkapi Museum director Ilber Ortayli at the venue of Iran’s office in Istanbul. The decision for the program was made on the ...

ISTANBUL (Bernama) -- Even if you are not an avid admirer of the arts, architecture or history, the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul is still worth a visit. Go straight to the areas facing the sea ...

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Ilber Ortayli, who has been the curator of the Topkapi Palace Museum since 2004, was invited to Iran by the Iranian Academy of Arts. He is a leading Turkish historian and a professor of history at ...

ISTANBUL, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Istanbul's Topkapi Palace will open a new museum later this year featuring the "world's most extensive porcelain collection," with rare Chinese ceramics from the Yuan and ...