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 ...

Sultans in the Ottoman Empire loved to eat. In the 15th century, Topkapi Palace boasted a kitchen staff of 100 people, a number that grew to 500 during the 16th-century reign of Suleiman the ...

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 ...

The only city in the world that straddles two continents, İstanbul is a place of compelling contrasts and centuries of ...

It became his main residence as he moved away from the more traditional Topkapi Palace. Palanga Cd. No:57 Mecidiye, Palanga Cd. No:57, 34349 Beşiktaş/İstanbul The Palace complex includes ...

Built between 1843 and 1856, the Dolmabahçe Palace replaced the Topkapı Palace as a more modern and comfortable accommodation for the Ottoman Sultans. The Baroque-style residence is perhaps even ...

(Photo by John Wreford/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Museum-hopping while traveling can get expensive—and while famous addresses like the Topkapi Palace Museum and the Turkish ...

At the Istanbul Archaeological Museums, which opened near the Topkapi Palace Museum in 1869, you'll find more than a million antiquities displayed throughout three buildings: the Archaeological ...

The Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, and Galata Tower are just some of the many historic structures scattered throughout the city. Sip a Turkish tea as you float between Europe and Asia ...