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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B1%D6%80_%D4%B4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BC" title="Բարձր Դուռ – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Բարձր Դուռ" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Порта – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Порта" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Висока порта – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Висока порта" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_Porte" title="Sublime Porte – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Sublime Porte" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublim_Porta" title="Sublim Porta – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sublim Porta" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vysok%C3%A1_porta" title="Vysoká porta – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vysoká porta" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohe_Pforte" title="Hohe Pforte – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hohe Pforte" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B5rk_V%C3%A4rav_(Osmanite_%C3%B5ukond)" title="Kõrk Värav (Osmanite õukond) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kõrk Värav (Osmanite õukond)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A5%CF%88%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%AE_%CE%A0%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B7" title="Υψηλή Πύλη – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Υψηλή Πύλη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_Puerta" title="Sublime Puerta – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sublime Puerta" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublima_Pordo" title="Sublima Pordo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sublima Pordo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ate_Gorena" title="Ate Gorena – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ate Gorena" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C" title="باب عالی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باب عالی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_Porte" title="Sublime Porte – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sublime Porte" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_Porta" title="Sublime Porta – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Sublime Porta" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B1%D6%80_%D5%A4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BC" title="Բարձր դուռ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բարձր դուռ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visoka_Porta" title="Visoka Porta – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Visoka Porta" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbang_Agung" title="Gerbang Agung – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gerbang Agung" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_porta" title="Sublime porta – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sublime porta" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%A2%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A9%D7%92%D7%91" title="השער הנשגב – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="השער הנשגב" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A7%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90" title="ბრწყინვალე პორტა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბრწყინვალე პორტა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liel%C4%81_porta" title="Lielā porta – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Lielā porta" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%B6r%C3%B6k_porta" title="Török porta – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Török porta" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Висока порта – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Висока порта" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verheven_Porte" title="Verheven Porte – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Verheven Porte" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B8yporten" title="Høyporten – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Høyporten" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_h%C3%B8ge_porten" title="Den høge porten – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Den høge porten" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublima_P%C3%B2rta" title="Sublima Pòrta – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Sublima Pòrta" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C" title="باب عالی – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="باب عالی" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wysoka_Porta" title="Wysoka Porta – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wysoka Porta" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublime_Porta" title="Sublime Porta – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sublime Porta" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poarta_Otoman%C4%83" title="Poarta Otomană – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Poarta Otomană" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Порта – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Порта" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porta_e_Lart%C3%AB" title="Porta e Lartë – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Porta e Lartë" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vysok%C3%A1_porta" title="Vysoká porta – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Vysoká porta" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visoka_porta" title="Visoka porta – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Visoka porta" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visoka_porta" title="Visoka porta – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Visoka porta" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visoka_Porta" title="Visoka Porta – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Visoka Porta" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korkea_portti" title="Korkea portti – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Korkea portti" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6ga_porten" title="Höga porten – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Höga porten" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A2b-%C4%B1_%C3%82li" 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Imperial Gate (<i>Bâb-ı Hümâyûn</i>), leading to the outermost courtyard of <a href="/wiki/Topkapi_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Topkapi Palace">Topkapi Palace</a>, was known as the Sublime Porte until the 18th century.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DSC04009_Istanbul_-_La_Sublime_Porta_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_25-5-2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/DSC04009_Istanbul_-_La_Sublime_Porta_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_25-5-2006.jpg/200px-DSC04009_Istanbul_-_La_Sublime_Porta_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_25-5-2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/DSC04009_Istanbul_-_La_Sublime_Porta_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_25-5-2006.jpg/300px-DSC04009_Istanbul_-_La_Sublime_Porta_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_25-5-2006.jpg 1.5x, 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/></a><figcaption>Crowd gathering in front of the Porte's buildings shortly after hearing about the <a href="/wiki/1913_Ottoman_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1913 Ottoman coup d'état">1913 Ottoman coup d'état</a> (also known as the Raid on the Sublime Porte) inside.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Sublime Porte</b>, also known as the <b>Ottoman Porte</b> or <b>High Porte</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Turkish_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman Turkish language">Ottoman Turkish</a>: <span lang="ota" dir="rtl">باب عالی</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Ottoman_Turkish" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Ottoman Turkish">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Ottoman Turkish-language romanization"><i lang="ota-Latn">Bāb-ı Ālī</i></span> or <i>Babıali</i>, from <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">باب</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">bāb</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'gate' and <span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">عالي</span></span>, <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">alī</i></span>, <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">high</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>), was a <a href="/wiki/Synecdoche" title="Synecdoche">synecdoche</a> or <a href="/wiki/Metaphor" title="Metaphor">metaphor</a> used to refer collectively to the <a href="/wiki/Central_government" title="Central government">central government</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> in <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sublime_Porte&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name has its origins in the old practice in which the ruler announced his official decisions and judgements at the gate of his palace.<sup id="cite_ref-Porten_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Porten-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the practice in the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> and it was also adopted by <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Turks" title="Ottoman Turks">Ottoman</a> Turk sultans since <a href="/wiki/Orhan_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Orhan I">Orhan I</a>. The palace of the sultan, or the gate leading to it, therefore became known as the "High Gate". This name referred first to a palace in <a href="/wiki/Bursa" title="Bursa">Bursa</a>, Turkey. After the Ottomans had conquered <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>, now <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, the gate now known as the Imperial Gate (<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Bâb-ı Hümâyûn</i>), leading to the outermost courtyard of the <a href="/wiki/Topkap%C4%B1_Palace" title="Topkapı Palace">Topkapı Palace</a>, first became known as the "High Gate", or the "Sublime Porte".<sup id="cite_ref-Porten_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Porten-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mondo_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mondo-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Sultan <a href="/wiki/Suleiman_the_Magnificent" title="Suleiman the Magnificent">Suleiman the Magnificent</a> sealed <a href="/wiki/Franco-Ottoman_alliance" title="Franco-Ottoman alliance">an alliance</a> with King <a href="/wiki/Francis_I_of_France" title="Francis I of France">Francis I of France</a> in 1536, the French diplomats walked through the monumental gate then known as <i>Bab-ı Ali</i> (now <i>Bâb-ı Hümâyûn</i>) in order to reach the Vizierate of Constantinople, seat of the Sultan's government.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> French being the language of diplomacy, the French translation <i>Sublime Porte</i> was soon adopted in most other European languages, including English, to refer not only to the actual gate but as a metonymy for the Ottoman Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs additional references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">additional citation(s) needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the 18th century, a new great Italian-styled office building was built just west of Topkapi Palace area, on the other side of Alemdar Caddesi (Alemdar street). This became the location of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Vizier_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire">Grand Vizier</a> and many ministries. Thereafter, this building, and the monumental gate leading to its courtyards, became known as the Sublime Porte (<i>Bab-ı Ali</i>);<sup id="cite_ref-Eyewitness_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eyewitness-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> colloquially it was also known as the Gate of the <a href="/wiki/Pasha" title="Pasha">Pasha</a> (<i>paşa kapusu</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Porten_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Porten-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TSK_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSK-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The building was badly damaged by fire in 1911.<sup id="cite_ref-TSK_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TSK-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, the buildings house the <a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Governor%27s_Office" title="Istanbul Governor's Office">Istanbul Governor's Office</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eyewitness_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eyewitness-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diplomacy">Diplomacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sublime_Porte&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Diplomacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Sublime Porte" was used in the context of <a href="/wiki/Diplomacy" title="Diplomacy">diplomacy</a> by <a href="/wiki/Western_world" title="Western world">Western</a> states, as their diplomats were received at the <i>porte</i> (meaning "gate"). During the <a href="/wiki/Second_Constitutional_Era_(Ottoman_Empire)" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Constitutional Era (Ottoman Empire)">Second Constitutional Era</a> of the Empire after 1908 (see <a href="/wiki/Young_Turk_Revolution" title="Young Turk Revolution">Young Turk Revolution</a>), the functions of the classical <a href="/wiki/Divan-%C4%B1_H%C3%BCmayun" class="mw-redirect" title="Divan-ı Hümayun">Divan-ı Hümayun</a> were replaced by the reformed <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Government_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Government of the Ottoman Empire">Imperial Government</a>, and "porte" came to refer to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Ottoman_Empire)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ottoman Empire)">Foreign Ministry</a>. During this period, the office of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Vizier_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire">Grand Vizier</a> came to refer to the equivalent to that of a <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister" title="Prime minister">prime minister</a>, and viziers became members of the Grand Vizier's <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(government)" title="Cabinet (government)">cabinet</a> as <a href="/wiki/Minister_(government)" title="Minister (government)">government ministers</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sublime_Porte&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bab_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Bab (disambiguation)">Bab (disambiguation)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raid_on_the_Sublime_Porte" class="mw-redirect" title="Raid on the Sublime Porte">Raid on the Sublime Porte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_St_James%27s" title="Court of St James's">Court of St James's</a>, another synecdochic term, for the United Kingdom in diplomatic relations</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kremlin" title="Kremlin">Kremlin</a>, synecdochic term for the Russian government</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sublime_Porte&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Porten-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Porten_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Porten_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Porten_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://runeberg.org/nfca/0769.html">"Porten"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Nordisk_familjebok" title="Nordisk familjebok">Nordisk familjebok</a></i> (in Swedish). Vol. 21 (Papua–Posselt) (Uggleupplagan ed.). Stockholm: Nordisk Familjeboks förslag aktiebolag. 1915. pp. 1418–1419.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Porten&rft.btitle=Nordisk+familjebok&rft.place=Stockholm&rft.pages=1418-1419&rft.edition=Uggleupplagan&rft.pub=Nordisk+Familjeboks+f%C3%B6rslag+aktiebolag&rft.date=1915&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fruneberg.org%2Fnfca%2F0769.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASublime+Porte" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mondo-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Mondo_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlbayrak2009" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Albayrak, Ayla (2009). <i>Istanbul</i>. Mondo matkaopas (in Finnish). Image. p. 81. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-952-5678-15-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-952-5678-15-4"><bdi>978-952-5678-15-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Istanbul&rft.series=Mondo+matkaopas&rft.pages=81&rft.pub=Image&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-952-5678-15-4&rft.aulast=Albayrak&rft.aufirst=Ayla&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASublime+Porte" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gettysburg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15059coll1/id/13/">"Sublime Porte - [Sublime Porte, Istanbul]"</a>. <i>Musselman Library Special Collection and College Archives</i>. <a href="/wiki/Gettysburg_College" title="Gettysburg College">Gettysburg College</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2023-07-31</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Musselman+Library+Special+Collection+and+College+Archives&rft.atitle=Sublime+Porte+-+%5BSublime+Porte%2C+Istanbul%5D&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgettysburg.contentdm.oclc.org%2Fdigital%2Fcollection%2Fp15059coll1%2Fid%2F13%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASublime+Porte" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Eyewitness-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Eyewitness_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eyewitness_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAysliffe2014" class="citation book cs1">Aysliffe, Rosie (2014). <i>Istanbul</i>. DK Eyewitness Travel. 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href="/wiki/Minorities_in_Turkey" title="Minorities in Turkey">Others</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_St._Stephen_Church" title="Bulgarian St. Stephen Church">Bulgarian St. Stephen Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St._Anthony_of_Padua,_Istanbul" title="Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Istanbul">Church of St. Padua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Benoit,_Istanbul" title="Church of Saint Benoit, Istanbul">Church of Saint Benoit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St._Mary_Draperis,_Istanbul" title="Church of St. Mary Draperis, Istanbul">Church of St. Mary Draperis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_museums_and_monuments_in_Istanbul" title="List of museums and monuments in Istanbul">Monuments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Caravanserais" class="mw-redirect" title="Caravanserais">Caravanserais</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk_Valide_Han" title="Büyük Valide Han">Büyük Valide Han</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk_Yeni_Han" title="Büyük Yeni Han">Büyük Yeni Han</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%BCrk%C3%A7%C3%BC_Han" title="Kürkçü Han">Kürkçü Han</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cistern#Notable_examples" title="Cistern">Cisterns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Basilica_Cistern" title="Basilica Cistern">Basilica Cistern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theodosius_Cistern" title="Theodosius Cistern">Şerefiye Cistern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cistern_of_Philoxenos" title="Cistern of Philoxenos">Cistern of 1001 Columns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cistern_of_the_Hebdomon" title="Cistern of the Hebdomon">Cistern of the Hebdomon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_columns_and_towers_in_Istanbul" class="mw-redirect" title="List of columns and towers in Istanbul">Columns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Column_of_Arcadius" title="Column of Arcadius">Column of Arcadius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Column_of_Constantine" title="Column of Constantine">Column of Constantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Column_of_Leo" title="Column of Leo">Column of Leo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Column_of_Marcian" title="Column of Marcian">Column of Marcian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Column_of_the_Goths" title="Column of the Goths">Column of the Goths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forum_of_Theodosius" title="Forum of Theodosius">Forum of Theodosius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milion" title="Milion">Milion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obelisk_of_Theodosius" title="Obelisk of Theodosius">Obelisk of Theodosius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serpent_Column" title="Serpent Column">Serpent Column</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walled_Obelisk" title="Walled Obelisk">Walled Obelisk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fountain#Fountains_of_the_Islamic_World" title="Fountain">Fountains</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fountain_of_Ahmed_III" title="Fountain of Ahmed III">Fountain of Ahmed III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain_of_Ahmed_III_(%C3%9Csk%C3%BCdar)" title="Fountain of Ahmed III (Üsküdar)">Fountain of Ahmed III (Üsküdar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Fountain" title="German Fountain">German Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultan_Mahmut_Fountain" title="Sultan Mahmut Fountain">Sultan Mahmut Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tophane_Fountain" title="Tophane Fountain">Tophane Fountain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Madrasas" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrasas">Madrasas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cafera%C4%9Fa_Medrese" title="Caferağa Medrese">Caferağa Medrese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%BCstem_Pasha_Medrese" title="Rüstem Pasha Medrese">Rüstem Pasha Medrese</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_columns_and_towers_in_Istanbul" class="mw-redirect" title="List of columns and towers in Istanbul">Towers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beyaz%C4%B1t_Tower" title="Beyazıt Tower">Beyazıt Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmabah%C3%A7e_Clock_Tower" title="Dolmabahçe Clock Tower">Dolmabahçe Clock Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etfal_Hospital_Clock_Tower" title="Etfal Hospital Clock Tower">Etfal Clock Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galata_Tower" title="Galata Tower">Galata Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maiden%27s_Tower" title="Maiden's Tower">Maiden's Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nusretiye_Clock_Tower" title="Nusretiye Clock Tower">Nusretiye Clock Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1z_Clock_Tower" title="Yıldız Clock Tower">Yıldız Clock Tower</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Istanbul" title="Architecture of Istanbul">Miscellany</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aqueduct_of_Valens" title="Aqueduct of Valens">Aqueduct of Valens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87ukurcuma" title="Çukurcuma">Çukurcuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mese_(Constantinople)" title="Mese (Constantinople)">Divanyolu Caddesi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galata_Bridge" title="Galata Bridge">Galata Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hippodrome_of_Constantinople" title="Hippodrome of Constantinople">Hippodrome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%B1s%C4%B1r_Apartment" title="Mısır Apartment">Mısır Apartment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pera_Palace_Hotel" title="Pera Palace Hotel">Pera Palace Hotel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phanar_Greek_Orthodox_College" title="Phanar Greek Orthodox College">Phanar Greek Orthodox College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prison_of_Anemas" title="Prison of Anemas">Prison of Anemas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/So%C4%9Fuk%C3%A7e%C5%9Fme_Soka%C4%9F%C4%B1" title="Soğukçeşme Sokağı">Soğukçeşme Sokağı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tayyare_Apartments" title="Tayyare Apartments">Tayyare Apartments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_mosques_in_Istanbul" title="List of mosques in Istanbul">Mosques</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Art_Nouveau#Art_Nouveau_in_the_rest_of_the_world" title="Art Nouveau">Art Nouveau</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ertu%C4%9Frul_Tekke_Mosque" title="Ertuğrul Tekke Mosque">Ertuğrul Tekke Mosque</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_architecture#Baroque_period_(1757–1808)" title="Ottoman architecture">Baroque</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Altunizade_Mosque" title="Altunizade Mosque">Altunizade Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmabah%C3%A7e_Mosque" title="Dolmabahçe Mosque">Dolmabahçe Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nusretiye_Mosque" title="Nusretiye Mosque">Nusretiye Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laleli_Mosque" title="Laleli Mosque">Laleli Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ortak%C3%B6y_Mosque" title="Ortaköy Mosque">Ortaköy Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Te%C5%9Fvikiye_Mosque" title="Teşvikiye Mosque">Teşvikiye Mosque</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_architecture#Classical_period_(1437–1703)" title="Ottoman architecture">Classical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atik_Valide_Mosque" title="Atik Valide Mosque">Atik Valide Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayezid_II_Mosque,_Istanbul" title="Bayezid II Mosque, Istanbul">Bayezid Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Selimiye_Mosque" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Selimiye Mosque">Selimiye Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ey%C3%BCp_Sultan_Mosque" title="Eyüp Sultan Mosque">Eyüp Sultan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultan_Ahmed_Mosque" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultan Ahmed Mosque">Blue Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87aml%C4%B1ca_Mosque" title="Çamlıca Mosque">Çamlıca Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Mosque,_Istanbul" title="New Mosque, Istanbul">New Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCleymaniye_Mosque" title="Süleymaniye Mosque">Süleymaniye Mosque</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture#Mosques" title="Gothic architecture">Gothic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arap_Mosque" title="Arap Mosque">Arap Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pertevniyal_Valide_Sultan_Mosque" title="Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque">Pertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1z_Hamidiye_Mosque" title="Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque">Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Modern_architecture#Postwar_modernism_in_Europe_(1945–1975)" title="Modern architecture">Modernist</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sancaklar_Mosque" title="Sancaklar Mosque">Sancaklar Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Eakirin_Mosque" title="Şakirin Mosque">Şakirin Mosque</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Museums_in_Turkey#İstanbul" title="Museums in Turkey">Museums</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Museums_in_Turkey#İstanbul" title="Museums in Turkey">Art</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0stanbul_State_Art_and_Sculpture_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="İstanbul State Art and Sculpture Museum">Art and Sculpture Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Do%C4%9Fan%C3%A7ay_Museum" title="Doğançay Museum">Doğançay Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgiz_Museum" title="Elgiz Museum">Elgiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenerbah%C3%A7e_S.K.#Fenerbahçe_Museum" title="Fenerbahçe S.K.">Fenerbahçe Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galatasaray_Museum" title="Galatasaray Museum">Galatasaray Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Archaeology_Museums" title="Istanbul Archaeology Museums">Istanbul Archaeology Museums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Contemporary_Art_Museum" title="Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum">Istanbul Contemporary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0stanbul_Modern" class="mw-redirect" title="İstanbul Modern">İstanbul Modern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0stanbul_Toy_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="İstanbul Toy Museum">İstanbul Toy Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0%C5%9Fbank_Museum" title="İşbank Museum">İşbank Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miniat%C3%BCrk" title="Miniatürk">Miniatürk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Palace_Mosaic_Museum" title="Great Palace Mosaic Museum">Mosaic Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_the_Ancient_Orient" title="Museum of the Ancient Orient">Museum of the Ancient Orient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_the_Princes%27_Islands" title="Museum of the Princes' Islands">Museum of the Princes' Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Bank" title="Ottoman Bank">Ottoman Bank Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pera_Museum" title="Pera Museum">Pera Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rezan_Has_Museum" title="Rezan Has Museum">Rezan Has Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadberk_Han%C4%B1m_Museum" title="Sadberk Hanım Museum">Sadberk Hanım Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sak%C4%B1p_Sabanc%C4%B1_Museum" title="Sakıp Sabancı Museum">Sakıp Sabancı Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SantralIstanbul" title="SantralIstanbul">SantralIstanbul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_and_Islamic_Arts_Museum" title="Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum">Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Turkish_Calligraphy_Art" title="Museum of Turkish Calligraphy Art">Turkish Calligraphy Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Museum_%C4%B0stanbul" class="mw-redirect" title="Women's Museum İstanbul">Women's Museum İstanbul</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Castles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anadoluhisar%C4%B1" title="Anadoluhisarı">Anadoluhisarı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edirnekap%C4%B1,_Fatih" title="Edirnekapı, Fatih">Edirnekapı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riva_Castle" title="Riva Castle">Riva Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rumelihisar%C4%B1" title="Rumelihisarı">Rumelihisarı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walls_of_Constantinople" title="Walls of Constantinople">Walls of Constantinople</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yedikule_Fortress" title="Yedikule Fortress">Yedikule Fortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoros_Castle" title="Yoros Castle">Yoros Castle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Museums_in_Turkey#İstanbul" title="Museums in Turkey">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Mickiewicz_Museum,_Istanbul" title="Adam Mickiewicz Museum, Istanbul">Adam Mickiewicz Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmet_Hamdi_Tanp%C4%B1nar_Literature_Museum_Library" title="Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Literature Museum Library">Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%C5%9Fiyan_Museum" title="Aşiyan Museum">Aşiyan Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk_Museum,_%C5%9Ei%C5%9Fli" title="Atatürk Museum, Şişli">Atatürk Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florya_Atat%C3%BCrk_Marine_Mansion" title="Florya Atatürk Marine Mansion">Florya Atatürk Mansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%BCseyin_Rahmi_G%C3%BCrp%C4%B1nar_Museum" title="Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar Museum">Hüseyin Rahmi Gürpınar Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0smet_%C4%B0n%C3%B6n%C3%BC_House_Museum" title="İsmet İnönü House Museum">İsmet İnönü House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Museum_of_Innocence_(museum)" title="The Museum of Innocence (museum)">Museum of Innocence</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mevlevi_Monastery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mevlevi Monastery (page does not exist)">Museum of Whirling Dervishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orhan_Kemal_Literature_Museum" title="Orhan Kemal Literature Museum">Orhan Kemal Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piyer_Loti_Museum" title="Piyer Loti Museum">Pierre Loti Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sait_Faik_Abas%C4%B1yan%C4%B1k_Museum" title="Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum">Sait Faik Abasıyanık Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Museums_in_Turkey#İstanbul" title="Museums in Turkey">Military</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Aviation_Museum" title="Istanbul Aviation Museum">Aviation Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Military_Museum" title="Istanbul Military Museum">Military Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Naval_Museum" title="Istanbul Naval Museum">Naval Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Museums_in_Turkey#İstanbul" title="Museums in Turkey">Science</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florence_Nightingale_Museum" title="Florence Nightingale Museum">Florence Nightingale Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ITU_Science_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="ITU Science Center">ITU Science Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandilli_Earthquake_Museum" title="Kandilli Earthquake Museum">Kandilli Earthquake Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mutfak_Sanatlari_Akademisi#Museum" title="Mutfak Sanatlari Akademisi">Museum of Culinary Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Illumination_and_Heating_Appliances" title="Museum of Illumination and Heating Appliances">Museum of Heating Appliances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TGC_Press_Media_Museum" title="TGC Press Media Museum">Museum of Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Museum_of_the_History_of_Science_and_Technology_in_Islam" title="Istanbul Museum of the History of Science and Technology in Islam">Museum of Science and Technology in Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum_of_%C4%B0hsan_Ketin" title="Natural History Museum of İhsan Ketin">Natural History Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Postal_Museum" title="Istanbul Postal Museum">Postal Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bak%C4%B1rk%C3%B6y_Psychiatric_Hospital#Museum" title="Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital">Museum of Psychiatry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahmi_M._Ko%C3%A7_Museum" title="Rahmi M. Koç Museum">Rahmi M. Koç Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Railway_Museum" title="Istanbul Railway Museum">Railway Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Zoology_Museum" title="Istanbul Zoology Museum">Zoology Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_palaces_in_Istanbul" title="Ottoman palaces in Istanbul">Palaces and pavilions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_palaces_in_Istanbul" title="Ottoman palaces in Istanbul">Palaces</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beylerbeyi_Palace" title="Beylerbeyi Palace">Beylerbeyi Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87%C4%B1ra%C4%9Fan_Palace" title="Çırağan Palace">Çırağan Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolmabah%C3%A7e_Palace" title="Dolmabahçe Palace">Dolmabahçe Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topkap%C4%B1_Palace" title="Topkapı Palace">Topkapı Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1z_Palace" title="Yıldız Palace">Yıldız Palace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pavilion" title="Pavilion">Pavilions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yal%C4%B1" title="Yalı">Yalı (Ottoman-era waterfront mansions)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aynal%C4%B1kavak_Pavilion" title="Aynalıkavak Pavilion">Aynalıkavak Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adile_Sultan_Palace" title="Adile Sultan Palace">Adile Sultan Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cantemir_Palace_in_Istanbul" title="Cantemir Palace in Istanbul">Cantemir Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esma_Sultan_Mansion" title="Esma Sultan Mansion">Esma Sultan Mansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feriye_Palace" title="Feriye Palace">Feriye Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatice_Sultan_Mansion" title="Hatice Sultan Mansion">Hatice Sultan Mansion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Pasha_Palace" title="Ibrahim Pasha Palace">Ibrahim Pasha Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ihlamur_Pavilion" title="Ihlamur Pavilion">Ihlamur Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khedive%27s_Palace" title="Khedive's Palace">Khedive's Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%BC%C3%A7%C3%BCksu_Pavilion" title="Küçüksu Pavilion">Küçüksu Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta_Kiosk" title="Malta Kiosk">Malta Kiosk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maslak_Pavilion" title="Maslak Pavilion">Maslak Pavilion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadberk_Han%C4%B1m_Museum" title="Sadberk Hanım Museum">Sadberk Hanım Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiled_Kiosk" title="Tiled Kiosk">Tiled Kiosk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vahdettin_Pavilion" title="Vahdettin Pavilion">Vahdettin Pavilion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belgrad_Forest" title="Belgrad Forest">Belgrad Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkada_Nature_Park" title="Büyükada Nature Park">Büyükada Nature Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirgan_Park" title="Emirgan Park">Emirgan Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%BClhane_Park" title="Gülhane Park">Gülhane Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma%C3%A7ka_Park" title="Maçka Park">Maçka Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polonezk%C3%B6y_Nature_Park" title="Polonezköy Nature Park">Polonezköy Nature Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taksim_Gezi_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Taksim Gezi Park">Taksim Gezi Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1z_Park" title="Yıldız Park">Yıldız Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shopping_malls_in_Istanbul" title="List of shopping malls in Istanbul">Shopping</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Bazaar,_Istanbul" title="Grand Bazaar, Istanbul">Bazaars</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arasta_Bazaar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arasta Bazaar (page does not exist)">Arasta Bazaar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Bazaar,_Istanbul" title="Grand Bazaar, Istanbul">Grand Bazaar</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karak%C3%B6y_Fish_Market&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karaköy Fish Market (page does not exist)">Karaköy Fish Market</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spice_Bazaar" title="Spice Bazaar">Spice Bazaar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shopping_malls_in_Istanbul" title="List of shopping malls in Istanbul">Malls</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Akasya" title="Akasya">Akasya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akmerkez" title="Akmerkez">Akmerkez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carousel_Shopping_Center" title="Carousel Shopping Center">Carousel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galleria_Atak%C3%B6y" title="Galleria Ataköy">Galleria Ataköy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Cevahir" title="Istanbul Cevahir">Cevahir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0stinye_Park" title="İstinye Park">İstinye Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanyon_Shopping_Mall" title="Kanyon Shopping Mall">Kanyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zorlu_Center" title="Zorlu Center">Zorlu Center</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shopping_streets_and_districts_by_city#Turkey" title="List of shopping streets and districts by city">Districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ni%C5%9Fanta%C5%9F%C4%B1" title="Nişantaşı">Nişantaşı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdi_%C4%B0pek%C3%A7i_Street" title="Abdi İpekçi Street">Abdi İpekçi Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba%C4%9Fdat_Avenue" title="Bağdat Avenue">Bağdat Avenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0stiklal_Avenue" title="İstiklal Avenue">İstiklal Avenue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87i%C3%A7ek_Pasaj%C4%B1" title="Çiçek Pasajı">Çiçek Pasajı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taksim_Square" title="Taksim Square">Taksim Square</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanyon_Shopping_Mall" title="Kanyon Shopping Mall">Kanyon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_synagogues_in_Turkey#Istanbul" title="List of synagogues in Turkey">Synagogues</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahrida_Synagogue_of_Istanbul" title="Ahrida Synagogue of Istanbul">Ahrida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashkenazi_Synagogue_of_Istanbul" title="Ashkenazi Synagogue of Istanbul">Ashkenazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bak%C4%B1rk%C3%B6y_Synagogue" title="Bakırköy Synagogue">Bakırköy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bet_Avraam_Synagogue" title="Bet Avraam Synagogue">Bet Avraam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bet_Israel_Synagogue_(Istanbul)" title="Bet Israel Synagogue (Istanbul)">Bet Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bet_Nissim_Synagogue" title="Bet Nissim Synagogue">Bet Nissim</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heybeliada_Bet_Yaakov_Synagogue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Heybeliada Bet Yaakov Synagogue (page does not exist)">Bet Yaakov (Heybeliada)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuzguncuk_Bet_Yaakov_Synagogue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kuzguncuk Bet Yaakov Synagogue (page does not exist)">Bet Yaakov (Kuzguncuk)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgazada_Synagogue" title="Burgazada Synagogue">Burgazada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caddebostan_Synagogue" title="Caddebostan Synagogue">Caddebostan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemdat_Israel_Synagogue" title="Hemdat Israel Synagogue">Haydarpaşa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesed_Le_Avraam_Synagogue" title="Hesed Le Avraam Synagogue">Hesed Le Avraam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C4%B0stipol_(Salma_Tomruk)_Synagogue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="İstipol (Salma Tomruk) Synagogue (page does not exist)">Istipol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Synagogue_(Istanbul)" title="Italian Synagogue (Istanbul)">Italian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jewish_Museum_of_Turkey" title="Jewish Museum of Turkey">Jewish Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kal_Kados,_Corapci_Han_Synagogue" title="Kal Kados, Corapci Han Synagogue">Kal Kados</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karaite_Synagogue_(Istanbul)" title="Karaite Synagogue (Istanbul)">Karaite</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%9Eaar_A%C5%9Famayim_Synagogue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Şaar Aşamayim Synagogue (page does not exist)">Kemerburgaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maalem_Synagogue" title="Maalem Synagogue">Maalem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor_Synagogue,_Istanbul" title="Mayor Synagogue, Istanbul">Mayor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neve_Shalom_Synagogue" title="Neve Shalom Synagogue">Neve Shalom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohel_Ya%27akov_Synagogue,_Zikhron_Ya%27akov" class="mw-redirect" title="Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue, Zikhron Ya'akov">Ohel Ya'akov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etz_Ahayim_Synagogue" title="Etz Ahayim Synagogue">Ortaköy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yanbol_Synagogue" title="Yanbol Synagogue">Yanbol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yenik%C3%B6y_Synagogue" title="Yeniköy Synagogue">Yeniköy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hammam#Turkey" title="Hammam">Hammams (baths)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bayezid_II_Hamam" title="Bayezid II Hamam">Bayezid II Hamam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ca%C4%9Falo%C4%9Flu_Hamam" title="Cağaloğlu Hamam">Cağaloğlu Hamam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%87emberlita%C5%9F_Hamam%C4%B1" title="Çemberlitaş Hamamı">Çemberlitaş Hamamı</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagia_Sophia_Hurrem_Sultan_Bathhouse" title="Hagia Sophia Hurrem Sultan Bathhouse">Hagia Sophia Hurrem Sultan Bathhouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmut_Pasha_Hamam" title="Mahmut Pasha Hamam">Mahmut Pasha Hamam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCleymaniye_Hamam" title="Süleymaniye Hamam">Süleymaniye Hamam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahtakale_Hamam" title="Tahtakale Hamam">Tahtakale Hamam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vezneciler_Hamam%C4%B1" title="Vezneciler Hamamı">Vezneciler Hamamı</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_festivals_in_Turkey" title="List of festivals in Turkey">Festivals</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_concert_halls#Turkey" title="List of concert halls">venues</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_festivals_in_Turkey" title="List of festivals in Turkey">Festivals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Adha" title="Eid al-Adha">Feast of Sacrifice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Biennial" title="Istanbul Biennial">Istanbul Biennial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Istanbul_Film_Festival" title="International Istanbul Film Festival">Istanbul Film Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Istanbul_International_Puppet_Festival&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Istanbul International Puppet Festival (page does not exist)">Istanbul International Puppet Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_International_Jazz_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Istanbul International Jazz Festival">Istanbul Jazz Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Marathon" title="Istanbul Marathon">Istanbul Marathon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_International_Music_Festival" title="Istanbul International Music Festival">Istanbul Music Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_Shopping_Fest" title="Istanbul Shopping Fest">Istanbul Shopping Fest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulip_festival" title="Tulip festival">Istanbul Tulip Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eid_al-Fitr" title="Eid al-Fitr">Sugar Festival</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_concert_halls#Turkey" title="List of concert halls">Venues</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk_Cultural_Center" title="Atatürk Cultural Center">AKM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babylon_Istanbul" title="Babylon Istanbul">Babylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BJK_Akatlar_Arena" title="BJK Akatlar Arena">BJK Akatlar Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bostanc%C4%B1_Show_Center" title="Bostancı Show Center">Bostancı Show Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cemil_Topuzlu_Open-Air_Theatre" title="Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre">Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cemal_Re%C5%9Fit_Rey_Concert_Hall" title="Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall">Cemal Reşit Rey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagia_Irene" title="Hagia Irene">Hagia Irene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Istanbul_L%C3%BCtfi_K%C4%B1rdar_International_Convention_and_Exhibition_Center" title="Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center">Lütfi Kırdar Exhibition Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naum_Theatre" title="Naum Theatre">Naum Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ora_Arena" title="Ora Arena">Ora Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCreyya_Opera_House" title="Süreyya Opera House">Süreyya Opera House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkcell_Kuru%C3%A7e%C5%9Fme_Arena" 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