1856 built, the 250 000 square meters palace on the Bosporus soon as the new headquarters of the sultans. As part of the Westernization of the Ottoman Empire Sultan left Abdülmecit the Topkapı Palace and moved here. Gold, marble and crystals were lavishly used in the construction, the furniture in Paris and Prague ordered. The huge palace with its 500 m long on the water front bears the handwriting of the Armenian architect Balyan family, four generations in İstanbul with neoclassical buildings adorned the palaces and into Beylerbeyi Çırağan, Darphane i-Amir, Aynalı Kavak Kasrı, the mosques and from Dolmabahçe Ortaköy are just some of their works.

The Dolmabahçe Palace in the same district adopted in its varied history of two major leaders of the country: With the last sultan and caliph Vahidettin by the quay of the palace in his forced exile in Nice test, the Ottoman Empire was finally under. His opponent, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Republic, on 10 succumbed to November 1938 here his cirrhosis. Atatürk deathbed is now day and night by a soldier guarding.
In the 90s completely renovated palace can be visited today. Visitors must join a guided tour: A tour through the public sector, the second by the old harem and the private rooms of the sultans. In order to inspect everything, you should clock up to 13 here. Tuesday, Friday-Sunday from 9-15 clock open, admission costs about 10 euros.