The Beylerbeyi Palace, on the shore of the Bosphorous and in the district to which it gives it name, is an Ottoman summer palace complex built in the 1860’s. Today it lies right under the Bosphorous bridge. ...

The Çırağan Palace (Turkish: Çırağan Sarayı) was commissioned by Sultan Abdülaziz and designed by the architect Sarkis Balyan. ...

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 Küçüksu Palace, located on the Bosphorous coastal road between Üsküdar and Beykoz, is a small Ottoman summer palace and was built by Abdülmecit. ...

There are two summer palaces (Turkish: köşk) located in Yıldız Park and constructed during the reign of Sultan Abdülazziz which were the scene of grievous events in Ottoman history; each was at one time used as a house of imprisonment. ...

The Tekfur Palace was built in Edirnekapı as an adjoint to the city’s land walls. It is the only palace that remains from the Blachernae Palace Complex dating from the Byzantine period. ...