View of Dolmabahçe Palace
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Rostikslav Nepomnyaschiy
About this spot
Dolmabahçe Palace was built between 1843 and 1856. Previously, the Sultan and his family had lived at the Topkapı Palace, but Abdülmecid decided to build a new modern palace near the site of the former Beşiktaş Sahil Palace, which was demolished. The construction cost five million Ottoman gold lira, or 35 tonnes of gold, the equivalent of ca. $1.9 billion in 2021 gold values.
The palace was home to six Sultans from 1856, when it was first inhabited, up until the abolition of the Caliphate in 1924. The last royal to live here was Caliph Abdülmecid Efendi and it is now part of the national heritage of the new Turkish Republic. Atatürk spent the last days of his medical treatment in this palace, where he died in 1938.
The palace was home to six Sultans from 1856, when it was first inhabited, up until the abolition of the Caliphate in 1924. The last royal to live here was Caliph Abdülmecid Efendi and it is now part of the national heritage of the new Turkish Republic. Atatürk spent the last days of his medical treatment in this palace, where he died in 1938.
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