Palace

The Culture Ministry confirms reports about the danger to a major kiosk at Topkapı Palace. A former director of the palace says funding is a serious problem amid other concerns over the palace walls.  

Parts of Istanbul's Topkapı Palace are slated to undergo a major restoration worth around 10 million Turkish Liras after deep crevices were found in the treasury room of the Ottoman-era palace in July, causing its closure to tourists. 

Y?ld?z Palace, a historic Ottoman palace in Istanbul's central Be?ikta? district, has been allocated for use by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, a Turkish columnist wrote on Nov. 8, sparking a debate over the use by statesmen of the area which included large green parks. 

When I saw the gaudy chairs German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seated in during her visit to Turkey, I took a look at the photos of Sultan Abdülaziz and Sultan Abdul Hamid; no, they did not have such gaudy armchairs. 

It is not tasteful splendor, it is only gaudiness. The correct word for these armchairs and for the presidential palace in Ankara is "gaudy."

A ?wise persons? committee of elders? will be established at Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s presidential palace in Ankara, composed of figures aged over 75 years who had in the past held senior posts at public institutions.

Two 3,900-year-old female skeletons from the Bronze Age have been unearthed at Oylum Mound in the southeastern province of Kilis. 

A night show including a mirror projection is scheduled for Friday, at 21:00hrs, EEST, at Sutu Palace to mark the 180th anniversary of the palace located in downtown Bucharest.

President Klaus Iohannis is going to receive Prince Charles this Sunday, at the Cotroceni Palace, the Presidential Administration informs.

Photo credit: (c) Angelo BREZOIANU / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

According to the source, the meeting is scheduled to take place at 17:30 (local time). AGERPRES

The pianos in Istanbul's Dolmabahçe Palace, which hosted some 1 million people last year, draw great interest from local and foreign visitors for their magnificence and harmony with their surroundings.

The National Palace Collection Museum in Istanbul, which is made up of a museum, storage and art gallery, is home to more than 50,000 rare objects from Dolmabahçe Palace as well as 19th-century mansions and summer palaces.