Between Beşiktaş and Kabataş on the shore of the Bosphorus, Dolmabahçe Palace draws attention for the diversity of architectural styles used in its construction. ...

The Proje4L “Contemporary and Modern Art Museum” was founded by the Elgiz family from their own collection in 2001, when there were only a few private and public contemporary and modern art museums to be found in Istanbul. ...

The Fethiye Museum is located in the former Pammakaristos Church, built during the 11th and 12th Centuries. ...

The building in which the Florence Nightingale Museum is now located was built by the Selim III in Üsküdar as a military barracks. The site was allocated to the English army during the Crimean War and wounded soldiers were treated here. ...

The Florya Atatürk Deniz Köşkü was built for Atatürk in Florya in 1935. Built on columns driven into the seabed and connected to land by a bridge, Atatürk lived here during the summer months and hosted meetings and foreign guests here as well. ...

It was only the second Mevlevihane opened after the conquest of Istanbul. ...

The Museum of Calligraphy hosts a collection of art and handcrafts dating from the 13th century. During the Ottoman period the site was used as a madrassa affiliated with the Beyazit mosque. ...

The Khedive’s Summer Palace (Turkish: Hidiv Kasrı) was comissioned by the Egyptian Khedive, or viceroy, Abbas Hilmi Paşa in 1907 and designed and built by the Italian architect Deflo Seminati. ...

The Ihlamur Palace (Turkish: İhlamur Kasırları) is an Ottoman summer palace made up of two pavilions in Beşiktaş, which was once resort location in the city. ...

The Historical Museum of Islamic Science and Technology (Turkish: İslam Bilim ve Teknoloji Tarihi Müzesi) is located in Gülhane within the old palace walls in a 3,500 square meter space by the former palace stables. ...