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Photography, Cappadocia & Istanbul page 5

Photos by Jens Van Den Bergh

Topkapı Sarayı ("Palace of the Cannonball Gate")

Topkapı Sarayı ("Palace of the Cannonball Gate"), Residence of the Ottoman Sultans from the 15th till 19th centuries

the Gate of Salutation, entrance to the Second courtyard of Topkapı Palace

Roof and wall detail near the Imperial Council rooms (Divan-ı Hümâyûn) in the Second Courtyard, or Divan Square (Divan Meydanı)

Hall on the Imperial Kitchen's wing, Second Courtyard, or Divan Square (Divan Meydanı)

Entrance to the Imperial Council rooms (Divan-ı Hümâyûn)

Roof in the Imperial Council rooms (Divan-ı Hümâyûn)

Seats of the Imperial Council (Divan-ı Hümâyûn)

Window in the Imperial Council rooms (Divan-ı Hümâyûn)

Third Courtyard, also called the Inner Palace (Enderûn Avlusu), view towards the Tower of Justice, Imperial Council and Imperial Treasury

Entrance to the Third Courtyard, also called the Inner Palace (Enderûn Avlusu)

Iznik tiles in the Third Courtyard, also called the Inner Palace (Enderûn Avlusu)

Fourth Courtyard, also known as the Imperial Sofa (Sofa-ı Hümâyûn), was more of
an innermost private sanctuary of the sultan and his family. Baghdad Kiosk (Bağdad Köşkü)

Fourth Courtyard, also known as the Imperial Sofa (Sofa-ı Hümâyûn), was more of an innermost
private sanctuary of the sultan and his family. Inside Baghdad Kiosk (Bağdad Köşkü)