Dolmabahçe Palace

Dolmabahce Palace has a total area of over 110.000 square meters and consists of sixteen separate sections apart from the palace proper. These includ stables, a flourmill, pharmacy, kitchens, aviary, glassworks and foundry.

Sultan Abdulhamid II (1876-1909) added a clock tower and the Veliahd Dairesi (apartments for the heir apparent), and the Hareket Pavilions in the gardens behind the palace.