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Topkapi #1640267
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Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi in Turkish, literally the Cannongate Palace - named after a nearby gate), located in Istanbul (Constantinople), was the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1465 to 1853. The construction of the Topkapi Palace was ordered by Sultan Mehmet II (Mehmet the Conqueror) in 1459. It was completed in 1465. The palace is located on the Seraglio Point between the