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After the closed sections of Topkapı Palace have been opened to visitors, 60,000 people have visited the palace in three days.

The restoration of some parts of Topkapı Palace, one of the exemplary historical structures in the country, has been completed and opened to visitors.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on April 20 attended the ceremony held for the opening of the Holy Relics, Fatih Mansion, Seferli Ward, Treasury Ward and Mecidiye Mansion, whose restoration works have come to an end.

Rare portraits of Ottoman Sultans will be presented to collectors' interest on Oct. 28 in London.

The series, which consists of portraits of Orhan Gazi, Bayezid, Mehmed I, Selim I, Selim II and Şehzade (Prince) İsa Çelebi, is valued between 800,000 and 1.2 million British pounds.

The ceremonial caftan of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent is being restored at the National Palaces Textile Conservation and Restoration Workshop in the world-famous Topkapı Palace.

"We are planning to complete the conservation work of Suleiman the Magnificent's caftan in four months," Başak Birsel, the head of the workshop, told Demirören News Agency on Sept. 17.

A rare portrait of Suleiman I, the longest-reigning Ottoman sultan known as the Magnificent Suleiman, has been put up on display for Turkish people after it was donated to the Istanbul Municipality by an anonymous citizen who bought the artwork at an auction in London.

A rare 16th-century portrait of Suleiman the Magnificent, the longest-reigning Ottoman sultan, will be auctioned by Sotheby's.

The portrait of the sultan will be on live auction at Sotheby's with a starting bid of 60,000 pounds ($83,000). Estimates suggest it will be sold for around 80,000 - 120,000 pounds.

An online exhibit in honor of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, the 10th and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire, is all set to showcase the sultan's glorious days of his reign from 1520 until he died in 1566.

A member of Saudi Arabia's Council of Allegiance was reportedly arrested in a wave of sweeping dentitions prompted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, according to an online news outlet.

London-based Middle East Eye (MEE) identified the person arrested as Prince Mohammed bin Saad Al Saud, the son of Saad bin Abdulaziz, the late brother of incumbent King Salman bin Abdulaziz.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Saudi Arabia's King Salman discussed regional issues and bilateral relations during a working lunch in Riyadh on Monday.

According to government sources, the two sides voiced concern over developments in the wider region and noted common views on a series of issues of regional interest.

Later this year the site in Hungary which includes the tomb of a revered Ottoman sultan will be turned into an open-air museum, according to a Turkish official.