What is Dolmabahçe Palace?
{{Infobox building | name = Dolmabahçe Palace | image = Dolmabahçe Palace.JPG | caption = Dolmabahçe Palace as seen from the [[Bosphorus]] | map_type =Turkey Istanbul | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|41|02|22|N|29|00|06|E|region:TR|display=inline,title}} | location = [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]] | architect = [[Garabet Balyan]] | client = Ottoman sultans | engineer = | start_date = 1843 | completion_date = 1856 | date_demolished = | cost = | structural_system = | building_type = Palace (1856–1922) | owner = Turkish state | style = [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]], [[Rococo]], [[Neoclassical]] | size = }} '''Dolmabahçe Palace''' is a [[palace]] in the [[Beşiktaş]] [[district]] on the [[Europe]]an side of [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]. It is on the [[coast]] of the [[Bosphorus]]. It was the [[official residence]] of the [[Ottoman dynasty|Ottoman]] [[Sultan]]s and the main administrative center of the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1856 to 1922 marking the beginning of constitutional governance.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dolmabahce Palace|url=https://www.dolmabahce-palace.com/|access-date=2023-08-22|website=}}</ref> Construction of the palace started in 1843. After the Ottoman Empire ended in 1922 and Turkey became a [[republic]] in 1923, it became a [[museum]].<ref name=CultureTourism>{{Cite web |url=http://www.turizm.gov.tr/EN/belge/2-15797/dolmabahce-palace.html?vurgu=Dolmabahce+Palace |title=Turkish Ministry of Tourism site about Dolmabahçe Palace |access-date=2013-11-28 |archive-date=2012-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310150752/http://www.turizm.gov.tr/EN/belge/2-15797/dolmabahce-palace.html?vurgu=Dolmabahce+Palace |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat-inline}} * [http://turkishtravelblog