Stock photography picture of Detail of the Main Gate Dolmabahçe Palace Istanbul Turkey

B0M69B - Licenced Caption Detail of the Main Gate Dolmabahçe Palace Istanbul Turkey Description The Dolmabahçe Palace (Turkish: Dolmabahçe Sarayı) in Istanbul, Turkey, located at the European side of the Bosphorus, served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1853 to 1922, apart from a twenty-year interval (1889-1909) in which the Yıldız Palace was used. The site of Dolmabahçe was originally a bay in the Bosphorus which was filled gradually during the 18th century to become an imperial garden, much appreciated by the Ottoman sultans; and it is from this garden that the name Dolmabahçe (Filledgarden) comes from, dolma meaning 'filled' and bahçe meaning 'garden'. Keywords Landmarks, Palaces, Architecture, Architecture, Istanbul