Dolmabahce means “Filled up Garden”. Dolmabahce Palace built in 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 was residing there. The construction of the Palace completed in 13 years and cost five million Ottoman gold pounds (the equivalent of 35 tons of gold).
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Dolmabašta znaèi "popunjen vrt". Dolmabašba palaèa sagraðena u 19. stoljeæu je jedan od najatraktivnijih palaèe u svijetu. To je bilo administrativno središte kraja Osmanskog carstva i posljednjeg osmanskog Sultana koji je bio nastanjen tamo.
Izgradnja palaèe završena je za 13 godina i koštatala je pet milijuna funti Osmanskog zlata (protuvrijednost od 35 tona zlata).
Dolmabahce Palace built in 19 th 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 was residing there. After the foundation of the Turkish Republic in Ankara, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk transferred all government functions to the youthful capital but on his visits to Istanbul Ataturk occupied only a small room at 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 his illness and he passed away in this palace on 10 th of November 1938 at 9:05 AM, all the clocks in the palace are stopped at this time. Later on it was converted into a museum. It is wandered with a special sense of respect.
Dolmabahce Palace: ISTAMBUL - Dolmabašba palaèa