Topkapı Palace - Harem Section

2.4M 19 Istanbul Touristic Locations Info Comments

5.0

2.4M

Comments

5.0

Scenes

01 Harem Eunuchs Courtyard 1

02 Harem Eunuchs Courtyard 2

03 Mother Courtyard

04 Valide Sultan Room

05 Favorite Courtyard 1

06 Favorite Courtyard 2

07 Favorite Courtyard 3

08 Sultans Table 1

09 Sultans Table 2

10 Concubines Courtyard

11 Concubine Corridor

12 Sultan Bath

13 Harem Table

14 Main Gate

15 III. Ahmet Special Room

16 III. Murat Special Room

17 I. Ahmet Special Room

18 Double Pavilion 1

19 Double Pavilion 2

The Imperial Harem, private living quarters of the Sultan and his family, is located towards the Golden Horn. This was a forbidden section of the palace, consisting of several structures and quarters, resided by sultans, queen mothers, sultan's consorts, first wife, favourites, princes, concubines and Black Eunuchs guarding the Harem.

Different rooms built by sultans living here from the 16th century to mid-19th century reflect the development of Turkish court architecture and decoration. Every functional and hierarchical group in the Harem had their own rooms around a courtyard. Those rooms were the apartments of Black Eunuchs, Concubines, Queen Mother, Consorts, Princes and the Sultan.