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1 Yıldız Park
PARK
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Abdül Hamit II (r 1876-1909) didn't allow himself to be upstaged by his predecessors,
making his architectural mark by adding to the structures built by earlier sultans in Yıldız
Park. The pretty şale (chalet) that he built here in 1880 originally functioned as a hunting
lodge but was converted into a guesthouse for visiting foreign dignitaries in 1889. It's now
a museum. (Yıldız Parkı; Çırağan Caddesi, Yıldız; chalet museum adult/child 10/5;
chalet museum
9am-4.30pm Tue, Wed & Fri-Sun;
Yahya Efendi)
2 Çırağan Palace
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Not satisfied with the architectural exertions of his predecessor at Dolmabahçe, Sultan Ab-
dül Aziz (r 1861-76) built his own grand residence at Çırağan, only 1.5km away. Here, ar-
chitect Nikoğos Balyan, who had also worked on Dolmabahçe, created an interesting build-
ing melding European neoclassical with Ottoman and Moorish styles. The palace is now
part of the Çırağan Palace Kempinski Hotel. (Çırağan Sarayı; Çırağan Caddesi 84, Ortaköy;
PALACE
Çırağan)
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